Genetic analysis of the infestation of females of the Caracu cattle breed by Horn Fly (Haematobia irritans irritans) (L.) (Diptera, Muscidae)

Genetics and Molecular Biology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 242-247

  Fraga, Angelina Bossi ^a   de Alencar, Maurício Mello ^b   de Figueiredo, Leopoldo Andrade ^c   Razook, Alexander George ^c   dos Santos Gonçalves Cyrillo, Joslaine Noely ^c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF ALAGOAS   (Brazil)

^b EMBRAPA CERRADOS   (Brazil)

^c INSTITUTO DE ZOOTECNIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Genetic correlation; Heritability; Horn fly counts; Repeatability

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CATTLE FARMING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; FLY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HAEMATOBIA IRRITANS; HAIR; HERD; HERITABILITY; INCIDENCE; INFESTATION; NONHUMAN; PHOTOGRAPHY; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; DIPTERA; HAEMATOBIA IRRITANS; HAEMATOBIA IRRITANS IRRITANS; MUSCIDAE;

EID: 30644458466     PISSN: 14154757     EISSN: 16784685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1415-47572005000200011     Document Type: Article

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