The heritability of degenerative joint disease in the distal tarsal joints in Icelandic horses

Livestock Production Science

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 77-83

  Björnsdóttir, Sigríur ^a   Árnason, Thorvaldur ^b   Axelsson, Mats ^c   Eksell, Per ^c   Sigursson, Helgi ^d   Carlsten, Johan ^c  

^a HÓLAR UNIVERSITY COLLEGE   (Iceland)

^b International Horse Breeding Consultant AB   (Sweden)

^c SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Bone spavin; DJD; Equine; Heritability; Icelandic horse

Indexed keywords

EID: 0343550352     PISSN: 03016226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-6226(99)00112-8     Document Type: Article

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