Breeding objectives for beef cattle used in different production systems: 1. Model development

Livestock Production Science

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 201-215

  Wolfova M ^a   Wolf, J ^a   Pribyl J ^a   Zahradkova R ^a   Kica, J ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL SCIENCE   (Czech Republic)

^b RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL PRODUCTION   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Bio economic model; Breeding objective; Cattle; Economic weight; Production system; Profit function

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS;

EID: 23744502646     PISSN: 03016226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.livprodsci.2004.12.018     Document Type: Article

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