Study of the Udder System Characteristic and its Relations with Milk Production on Cows from Gyr Breed;Estudo de Características do Sistema Mamário e suas Relaçoes com a Produção de Leite em Vacas da Raça Gir

Revista Brasileira de Zootecnia

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 131-135

  Teodoro, Roberta Luiz ^a   Da Silva Verneque, Rui ^a   Martinez, Mario Luiz ^a   Cruz, Mauro ^a   De Oliveira Paula, Luiz Ronaldo ^a   De Paula Campos, José ^a  

^a EMBRAPA CERRADOS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Genetic and phenotypic correlation; Gyr breed; Heritability; Milk production; Udder system

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347616340     PISSN: 01004859     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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