Growth curve analysis for body weight and dry matter intake in Friesian, Limousin x Friesian and Piemontese x Friesian cattle

Archives Animal Breeding

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 329-339

  Akbaş, Yavuz ^a   Alçiçek, Ahmet ^a   Önenç, Alper ^a   Güngör, Mehmet ^b  

^a EGE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Ege Agricultural Research Institute   (Turkey)

Author keywords

body weight; cattle; crossing; dry matter intake; Gompertz function; growth curve

Indexed keywords

BOS TAURUS; FRIESIA;

EID: 33747167134     PISSN: 00039438     EISSN: 23639822     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/aab-49-329-2006     Document Type: Article

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