Selection for profit in cattle: II. Economic weights for dairy and beef sires in crossbreeding systems

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 90, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 2456-2467

  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

Crossing; Economic weight

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS;

EID: 35948995838     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2006-615     Document Type: Article

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