Selection for profit in cattle: I. Economic weights for purebred dairy cattle in the Czech Republic

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 90, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 2442-2455

  Wolfova M ^a   Wolf, J ^a   Kvapilik J ^a   Kica, J ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL SCIENCE   (Czech Republic)

^b SLOVAK AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Economic weight; Purebreeding

Indexed keywords

BOS;

EID: 34547195771     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2006-614     Document Type: Article

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