Variance component estimation of female fertility traits in two indigenous and two European beef cattle breeds of South Africa

South African Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 23-29

  Rust, T ^a   Groeneveld, E ^a  

^a ARC Animal Improvement Institute   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Beef cattle; Fertility traits; GFCAT; Heritabilities; REML; Variance component estimation

Indexed keywords

BOS TAURUS;

EID: 0036351046     PISSN: 03751589     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/sajas.v32i1.3787     Document Type: Article

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