Economic values for production and functional traits in Holstein cattle of Costa Rica

Livestock Production Science

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 101-116

  Vargas, Bernardo ^a,b   Groen, Ab F ^b   Herrero, Mario ^c,d   Van Arendonk, Johan A M ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL   (Costa Rica)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d INTERNATIONAL LIVESTOCK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Costa Rica; Dairy cattle; Economic values; Functional traits; Production traits

Indexed keywords

BOS TAURUS;

EID: 0036084651     PISSN: 03016226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-6226(01)00305-0     Document Type: Article

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