Estimation of genetic parameters for test day milk production, somatic cell score and litter size at birth in East Friesian ewes

Livestock Production Science

Volumn 87, Issue 2-3, 2004, Pages 153-160

  Hamann, H ^a   Horstick, A ^a   Wessels, A ^a   Distl, O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dairy sheep; Heritability; Litter size; Milk components; Milk yield; Variance covariance components

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; OVIS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 2442453504     PISSN: 03016226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.livprodsci.2003.09.015     Document Type: Article

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