Optimization of a specialized beef breeding program with a crossbreeding component

Archiv fur Tierzucht

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 433-441

  Fuerst Waltl, Birgit ^a   Willam, Alfons ^a   Sölkner, Johann ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

Author keywords

Artificial insemination; Beef cattle; Beef traits; Breeding program; Functional traits; Performance testing; Total merit index

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036397375     PISSN: 00039438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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