Heritability for reproduction traits in Polish and Norwegian populations of dairy goat

Small Ruminant Research

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 256-262

  Bagnicka, Emilia ^a   Wallin, Ewa ^b   Łukaszewicz, Marek ^a   Ådnøy, Tormod ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF GENETICS AND ANIMAL BREEDING   (Poland)

^b Norwegian Association of Sheep and Goat Breeders   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Dairy goats; Heritability; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CAPRA HIRCUS;

EID: 33846940067     PISSN: 09214488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.smallrumres.2005.09.033     Document Type: Article

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