Genetic parameters for carcass and meat quality traits and their relationships to liveweight and wool production in hogget Merino rams

Journal of Animal Breeding and Genetics

Volumn 125, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 205-215

  Greeff, J C ^a,b   Safari, E ^a,c   Fogarty, N M ^a,c   Hopkins, D L ^a,d   Brien, F D ^a,e   Atkins, K D ^a,c   Mortimer, S I ^a,d   Van Der Werf, J H J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FOOD WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c NSW DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

^d NSW DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

^e SOUTH AUSTRALIAN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fat; Genetic correlations; Heritability; Meat colour; Meat pH; Muscle; Wool traits

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BODY WEIGHT; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; MALE; SHEEP; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL; WOOL;

ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; BODY WEIGHT; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MODELS, GENETIC; SHEEP; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; WOOL;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 43949130092     PISSN: 09312668     EISSN: 14390388     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0388.2007.00711.x     Document Type: Article

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