Genetic correlations between field test results of Swedish Warmblood Riding Horses as 4-year-olds and lifetime performance results in dressage and show jumping

Livestock Production Science

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 61-71

  Wallin, Lena ^a   Strandberg, Erling ^a   Philipsson, Jan ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Animal model; Competition results; Genetic correlation; Heritability; Horse; Performance test

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS;

EID: 0037672569     PISSN: 03016226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-6226(02)00307-X     Document Type: Article

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