Development successes and issues for the future in deriving and applying selection indexes for beef breeding

Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture

Volumn 45, Issue 7-8, 2005, Pages 923-933

  Barwick, S A ^a   Henzell, A L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Across breed; Breeding objective; Environment; Gene marker; Non linear

Indexed keywords

CATTLE; GENETICS; LIVESTOCK FARMING; SELECTIVE BREEDING;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

EID: 33644771879     PISSN: 08161089     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/EA05068     Document Type: Conference Paper

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