Genetic analysis of male and female fertility after artificial insemination in sheep: Comparison of single-trait and joint models

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 90, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 3917-3923

  David, I ^a   Bodin, L ^a   Lagriffoul, G ^b   Leymarie, C ^a   Manfredi, E ^a   Robert Granie C ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b ANIO   (France)

Author keywords

Fertility; Joint modeling; Sheep

Indexed keywords

OVIS ARIES;

EID: 35748964420     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2006-764     Document Type: Article

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