The impact of bone development on final carcass weight

Archiv fur Tierzucht

Volumn 49, Issue , 2006, Pages 132-136

  Tatara, M R ^a   Tygesen, M P ^b   Sawa Wojtanowicz, B ^a   Harrison, A P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES IN LUBLIN   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Femur; Paternal genetics; Small ruminants

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOVIDAE; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 33646229308     PISSN: 00039438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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