Genetic parameters for the prevalence of osteochondrosis in the limb joints of South German Coldblood horses

Journal of Animal Breeding and Genetics

Volumn 124, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 302-307

  Wittwer, C ^a   Hamann, H ^a   Rosenberger, E ^b   Distl, O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

^b Bavarian State Research Centre for Agriculture   (Germany)

Author keywords

Coldblood; Heritability; Horse; Osteochondrosis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FORELIMB; GENETIC MARKER; GENETICS; HINDLIMB; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; JOINT; MALE; OSTEOCHONDRITIS; RADIOGRAPHY; STATISTICAL MODEL; TARSAL BONE;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; FORELIMB; GENETIC MARKERS; HINDLIMB; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; JOINTS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MALE; OSTEOCHONDRITIS; TARSAL BONES; TARSUS, ANIMAL;

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE;

EID: 34548650406     PISSN: 09312668     EISSN: 14390388     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0388.2007.00670.x     Document Type: Article

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