Genetic analysis of calf survival at different preweaning ages in beef cattle

Livestock Production Science

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 13-20

  Goyache, F ^a   Gutierrez J P ^b   Alvarez, I ^a   Fernandez I ^a   Royo, L J ^a   Gomez E ^a  

^a Área de Cultivos Hortofrutícolas y Forestales   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Asturiana de los Valles; Beef cattle; Breeding objective; Calf losses; Genetic correlation; Heritability

Indexed keywords

BOS TAURUS;

EID: 0141795575     PISSN: 03016226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-6226(03)00044-7     Document Type: Article

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