Weaning weight inheritance in environments classified by maternal body weight change

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 610-617

  Speidel, S E ^a   Enns, R M ^a   Garrick, D J ^b  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Beef cattle; Environment; Heritability; Weaning weight

Indexed keywords

BOS;

AGING; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CATTLE; FEMALE; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; WEANING;

AGING; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CATTLE; FEMALE; MALE; WEANING;

EID: 34247132278     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/jas.2006-093     Document Type: Article

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