Comparison of growth traits of eight beef cattle breeds in the Czech Republic

Archiv fur Tierzucht

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 143-153

  Jakubec, Václav ^a   Schlote, Werner ^b   Říha, Jan ^c,d   Majzlík, Ivan ^a  

^a CZECH UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES PRAGUE   (Czech Republic)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c Res Institute of Cattle Production   (Czech Republic)

^d Dept of Genetics/Animal Breeding ^*  (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Beef cattle breeds; Breed comparison; Genetic analysis; Growth traits

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS;

EID: 0037250251     PISSN: 00039438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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