Estimate of Genetic Parameters for First Lactation Test-Day Records and Total Milk Yield for Caracu Cows;Estimação de Parâmetros Genéticos para Produção de Leite no Dia do Controle e Produção Acumulada até 305 dias, para as Primeiras Lactações de Vacas da Raça Caracu

Revista Brasileira de Zootecnia

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 284-294

  El Faro, Lenira ^a,b   De Albuquerque, Lucia Galvão ^a,c  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO DE ZOOTECNIA   (Brazil)

^c Pesquisador do CNPq   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Correlation; Dairy cattle; Heritability; Milk yield; Selection criterion; Variance components

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS;

EID: 1242265776     PISSN: 15163598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s1516-35982003000200006     Document Type: Article

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