Genetic and phenotypic parameter estimates of total and partial lifetime traits for dairy ewes

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 88, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 3265-3272

  El Saied, U M ^a,b   De La Fuente, L F ^b   Carriedo, J A ^b   San Primitivo, F ^b  

^a Ministry of Agriculture and Land Reclamation   (Egypt)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEÓN   (Spain)

Author keywords

Dairy ewe; Genetic parameter; Lifetime trait

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; OVIS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 27544479985     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(05)73009-5     Document Type: Article

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