Variance components for birth and carcass traits of crossbred cattle

Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 225-231

  Pitchford, W S ^a   Mirzaei, H M ^a,b   Deland, M P B ^c   Afolayan, R A ^a,d   Rutley, D L ^a   Verbyla, A P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZABOL   (Iran)

^c SOUTH AUSTRALIAN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^d Department of Primary Industries ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

Beef cattle; Birth weight; Carcass quality; Covariance; Heritability; Survival

Indexed keywords

CATTLE; COVARIANCE ANALYSIS; HERITABILITY; MEAT; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS;

EID: 33644774900     PISSN: 08161089     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/EA05248     Document Type: Article

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