Genetic and phenotypic parameters for age at starting to race and racing performance during early career in trotters

Livestock Production Science

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 63-68

  Saastamoinen, M T ^a   Nylander, A ^b  

^a Equine Research   (Finland)

^b FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Animal model; Heritability; Horse; Precocity; REML; Trotter

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; EQUUS CABALLUS;

EID: 0040160094     PISSN: 03016226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0301-6226(95)00080-1     Document Type: Article

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