Effects of missing pedigree information on dairy cattle genetic evaluations (short communication)

Archiv fur Tierzucht

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 99-110

  Ali Nilforooshan, Mohammad ^a,b,c   Khazaeli, Amir ^b   Ali Edriss, Mohammad ^b  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Animal model; Pedigree missing; Sex limited; Sire model

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS;

EID: 44349177385     PISSN: 00039438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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