Comparison of external morphological traits of newborns to inner morphological traits of the dam in the double-muscled Belgian Blue Beef breed

Journal of Animal Breeding and Genetics

Volumn 121, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 128-134

  Coopman, F ^a   Gengler, N ^c   Groen, A F ^b   De Smet, S ^a   Van Zeveren, A ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

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EID: 1842855214     PISSN: 09312668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0388.2003.00445.x     Document Type: Article

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