An overview of breeding objectives for warmblood sport horses

Livestock Production Science

Volumn 88, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 77-84

  Koenen, E P C ^a   Aldridge, L I ^b   Philipsson, J ^c  

^a NRS   (Netherlands)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^c SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Breeding objective; Conformation; Specialisation; Sport horse; Sport performance

Indexed keywords

EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS;

EID: 2642516521     PISSN: 03016226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.livprodsci.2003.10.011     Document Type: Article

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