Usefulness of subjective ovine milk scores: II. Genetic parameter estimates

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 869-876

  Snowder, G D ^a,d   Van Vleck, L D ^b   Knight, A D ^a   Kellom, T R ^a   Bromley, C M ^c  

^a USDA ARS US Sheep Experiment Station   (United States)

^b U S MEAT ANIMAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^d Box 2010 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Ewes; Growth; Heritability; Lambs; Litter Weight; Milk

Indexed keywords

OVIS; OVIS ARIES;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BREEDING; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; EVALUATION; FEMALE; GENETICS; MILK; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SHEEP; STANDARD; WEANING;

ANIMALS; BIRTH WEIGHT; BREEDING; FEMALE; MILK; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SHEEP; WEANING;

EID: 0035319819     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/2001.794869x     Document Type: Article

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