Developing breeding objectives for beef cattle production 1. A bio-economic simulation model

Animal Science

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 607-621

  Hirooka, H ^a   Groen, A F ^b   Hillers, J ^c  

^a RYUKOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Beef cattle; Body composition; Breeding objectives; Carcass composition; Simulation models

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039835586     PISSN: 13577298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1357729800009188     Document Type: Article

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