Direct and maternal genetic effects on birth and weaning traits in multibreed cattle data and predicted performance of breed crosses

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 79, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 1713-1722

  Franke, D E ^a   Habet, O ^b   Tawah, L C ^b   Williams, A R ^c   DeRouen, S M ^d  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b 01BPv 316 ^*  (Côte d’Ivoire)

^c MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Beef cattle; Crossbreeding; Genetic variance; Preweaning period

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CATTLE; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HETEROSIS; LABOR; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTION; WEANING;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; FEMALE; HYBRID VIGOR; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTION; WEANING;

EID: 0035408417     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/2001.7971713x     Document Type: Article

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