Days to calving of Nelore cows from a selection experiment for growth. I - Repeatability model;Dias ao parto de fêmeas Nelore de um experimento de seleção para crescimento. I - Modelo de repetibilidade

Revista Brasileira de Zootecnia

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 1715-1725

  Zerlotti Mercadante, Maria Eugênia ^a   Packer, Irineu Umberto ^b   Razook, Alexander George ^a   Gonçalves Cyrillo, Joslaine Noely Dos Santos ^a   De Figueiredo, Leopoldo Andrade ^a  

^a AGÊNCIA PAULISTA DE TECNOLOGIA DOS AGRONEGÓCIOS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Beef cattle; Beef cows; Reproduction; Reproductive performance; Yearling weight selection

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS;

EID: 0345118141     PISSN: 01004859     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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