Variance component estimation on female fertility traits in beef cattle

South African Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 31, Issue 3-4, 2001, Pages 131-141

  Rust, T ^a   Groeneveld, E ^b  

^a ARC Animal Improvement Institute   (South Africa)

^b INSTITUTE FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY AND PATHOGEN DIAGNOSTICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Beef cattle; Genetics; Reproduction; Variance components

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347751251     PISSN: 03751589     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/sajas.v31i3.3793     Document Type: Review

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