Multi-trait selection indexes for sustainable UK hill sheep production

Animal Science

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 413-423

  Conington, J ^a   Bishop, S C ^b   Grundy, B ^a   Waterhouse, A ^a   Simm, G ^a  

^a SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carcass composition; Maternal effects; Selection index; Sheep

Indexed keywords

OVIS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0035605696     PISSN: 13577298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1357729800058380     Document Type: Article

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