Comparison among three approaches for evaluation of sexual precocity in Nellore cattle

Animal

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 411-418

  Pereira, E ^a   Oliveira, H N ^a   Eler, J P ^b   Silva II, J A De V ^c   Van Melis, M H ^b  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c AGÊNCIA PAULISTA DE TECNOLOGIA DOS AGRONEGÓCIOS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Beef cattle; Linear models; Mesurvival analysis; Precocity; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CATTLE FARMING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FEMALE; GENETIC SELECTION; HEIFER; HERITABILITY; METHODOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRECOCIOUS PUBERTY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; REPRODUCTION; SURVIVAL; THEORETICAL MODEL;

BOS;

EID: 34247612809     PISSN: 17517311     EISSN: 1751732X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1751731107392732     Document Type: Article

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