Genetic parameter estimates of yearling live animal ultrasonic measurements in Brangus cattle

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 80, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 3150-3153

  Stelzleni, A M ^a,c   Perkins, T L ^b   Brown Jr , A H ^a   Pohlman, F W ^a   Johnson, Z B ^a   Sandelin, B A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^b MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Genetic correlation; Genetic parameters; Heritability; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY WEIGHT; BREEDING; CATTLE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; MALE; MEAT; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; STANDARD; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMALS; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY WEIGHT; BREEDING; CATTLE; FEMALE; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MALE; MEAT; MODELS, GENETIC; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHENOTYPE; SELECTION (GENETICS);

EID: 0038518428     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/2002.80123150x     Document Type: Article

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