Comparison of genetic gains per year for carcass traits among breeding programs in the Japanese Brown and the Japanese Black cattle

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 317-323

  Sasaki, Y ^a   Miyake, T ^a   Gaillard, C ^b   Oguni, T ^c   Matsumoto, M ^c   Ito, M ^d   Kurahara, T ^d   Sasae, Y ^d,f   Fujinaka, K ^e   Ohtagaki, S ^e   Dougo, T ^e,g  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c Kumamoto Prefectural Agricultural Research Center   (Japan)

^d Oita Prefectural Research Center for Agriculture Forestry and Fisheries   (Japan)

^e Forest and Fisher   (Japan)

^f Agra Farm General Research Center   (Japan)

^g Price Stability Fund Society for Mixed Feed   (Japan)

Author keywords

Beef cattle; Carcass trait; Genetic trend; Japanese Black; Japanese Brown

Indexed keywords

BOS TAURUS;

EID: 33748802029     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/2006.842317x     Document Type: Article

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