Estimates of genetic parameters for racing times of thoroughbred horses

Turkish Journal of Veterinary and Animal Sciences

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-5

  Ekiz, Bülent ^a   Koçak, Ömür ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Heritability; Racing time; Repeatability; Thoroughbred horse

Indexed keywords

EQUIDAE;

EID: 34047185736     PISSN: 13000128     EISSN: 13036181     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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