Sources of variation in production traits and phenotypic and genetic correlations among themselves in Gir cattle

Indian Journal of Animal Sciences

Volumn 73, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1256-1259

  Bhadoria, H B S ^a,b   Khan, F H ^a,b   Tomar, S S ^a,b   Yadav, M C ^a,c  

^a Jawaharlal Nehru Krishi Vishwa Vidyalaya   (India)

^b Dept of Livestock Prod and Mgmt ^*

^c R B S COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Dry period; Genetic correlation; Gir cattle; Heritability; Lactation period; Lactation yield

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CATTLE; COW; FEMALE; GENETIC CORRELATION; GENETIC TRAIT; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE PHENOTYPE CORRELATION; LACTATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PARITY; SEASON; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

BOS TAURUS;

EID: 4644228229     PISSN: 03678318     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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