Heterogeneity of (Co)variance for milk and fat yields between purebred and crossbred gir cows;Heterogeneidade de (Co)variância para as produções de leite e de gordura entre vacas puras e mestix̧as da raça gir

Revista Brasileira de Zootecnia

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 555-563

  Costa, Claudio Napolis ^a,b   Martinez, Mario Luiz ^a,b   Da Silva Verneque, Rui ^a,b   Teodoro, Roberte Luiz ^a,b   Ledic, Ivan Luz ^a  

^a EMBRAPA CERRADOS   (Brazil)

^b Bolsista CNPq Embrapa Food technology   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Genetic evaluation; Genetic parameter; Heterogeneity of variance; Selection

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

EID: 31544439631     PISSN: 15163598     EISSN: 15163598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s1516-35982004000300005     Document Type: Article

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