Variance components and genetic parameters for weight and size at birth in the Boer goat

Livestock Science

Volumn 115, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 73-79

  Zhang, Chunyan ^a   Yang, Liguo ^a   Shen, Zhong ^b  

^a HUAZHONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Boer Goat Breeding Station   (China)

Author keywords

Birth traits; Boer goat; Correlations; Heritability

Indexed keywords

CAPRA HIRCUS;

EID: 41549104232     PISSN: 18711413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.livsci.2007.06.008     Document Type: Article

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