Breeding objectives for Targhee sheep

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 85, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 2815-2829

  Borg, R C ^a   Notter, D R ^a   Kuehn, L A ^a,c   Kott, R W ^b  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c U S MEAT ANIMAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Breeding objective; Growth; Production efficiency; Reproduction; Selection index; Sheep

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BODY WEIGHT; BREEDING; COST; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LITTER SIZE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; SHEEP; STANDARD; STATISTICAL MODEL; WEANING; WOOL;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; BREEDING; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; FEMALE; LITTER SIZE; MALE; MODELS, ECONOMIC; MODELS, GENETIC; SELECTION (GENETICS); SHEEP; WEANING; WOOL;

ANIMALIA; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 36148995916     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/jas.2006-064     Document Type: Article

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