Testing selection indices for sustainable hill sheep production - Lamb growth and carcass traits

Animal Science

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 445-453

  Conington, J ^a   Bishop, S C ^b   Lambe, N R ^a   Bunger L ^a   Simm, G ^a  

^a SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carcasses; Genetics; Growth; Selection index; Sheep

Indexed keywords

OVIS ARIES;

EID: 33947426710     PISSN: 13577298     EISSN: 1748748X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/ASC200663     Document Type: Article

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