Heritability of changes in genetic evaluations of dairy bulls from first to later records of daughters

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 85, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 951-957

  Abdallah, J M ^a   McDaniel, B T ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Change in evaluations; Heritability

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

FAT; MILK PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CATTLE; CHEMISTRY; DAIRYING; EVALUATION; FEMALE; GENETICS; LACTATION; MALE; MILK;

ANIMALS; BREEDING; CATTLE; DAIRYING; FATS; FEMALE; LACTATION; MALE; MILK; MILK PROTEINS;

EID: 0036528454     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(02)74154-4     Document Type: Article

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