Morphological analysis and effect of selection for conformation in the Noriker draught horse population

Livestock Science

Volumn 115, Issue 2-3, 2008, Pages 118-128

  Druml, T ^a   Baumung, R ^a   Solkner J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

Author keywords

Conformation scoring; Draught horse; Heritability; Linear type trait; Morphology; Noriker

Indexed keywords

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EID: 41949090882     PISSN: 18711413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.livsci.2007.06.015     Document Type: Article

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