Genetic relationships between calving date, calving interval, age at first calving and type traits in beef cattle

Livestock Production Science

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 215-222

  Gutierrez J P ^a   Alvarez, I ^b   Fernandez I ^b   Royo, L J ^b   Diez J ^b   Goyache, F ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b Área de Cultivos Hortofrutícolas y Forestales   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cattle; Genetics; Heritability; Reproductive traits; Type traits

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037146855     PISSN: 03016226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-6226(02)00100-8     Document Type: Article

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