Survival analysis of lamb mortality in a terminal sire composite population

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 79, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 2298-2306

  Southey, B R ^a   Rodriguez Zas, S L ^a   Leymaster, K A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Genetic Models; Heritability; Survival

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BREEDING; FEMALE; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; SHEEP; STATISTICAL MODEL; SURVIVAL; TIME;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BREEDING; FEMALE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MORTALITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; SHEEP; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0035464516     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/2001.7992298x     Document Type: Article

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