Test herds in dairy cattle breeding programmes 2nd communication: Strategies for finding test herds;Testherden in Zuchtprogrammen für Milchrinder 2. Mitteilung: Strategien zur Findung von Testherden

Zuchtungskunde

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 114-126

  Konig S ^a   Brügemann, Kerstin ^b   Simianers, H ^c   Swalve, H H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Breeding programme; Dairy cattle; Heritabilities; Progeny group; Test herd

Indexed keywords

BOS; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 4;

EID: 41849118087     PISSN: 00445401     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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