The relationship between beef sire carcass EPD and progeny phenotype

Canadian Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 503-506

  Crews Jr , D H ^a,b  

^a AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^b NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Beef cattle; Carcass; Expected progeny difference

Indexed keywords

BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE;

EID: 0037005491     PISSN: 00083984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4141/A02-037     Document Type: Article

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