Heritability estimations for diseases, coat color, body weight, and height in a birth cohort of boxers

American Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 62, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 1198-1206

  Nielen, Angelique L J ^a   Janss, Luc L G ^b   Knol, Bart W ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; BREEDING; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COHORT ANALYSIS; DOG; DOG DISEASE; FEMALE; GENETICS; HAIR COLOR; INTERVIEW; MALE; PEDIGREE; PHYSIOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARD; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; BREEDING; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COHORT STUDIES; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; HAIR COLOR; INTERVIEWS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; PEDIGREE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0035432805     PISSN: 00029645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/ajvr.2001.62.1198     Document Type: Article

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