Economic weights for a selection index in Avileña purebred beef cattle

Livestock Production Science

Volumn 89, Issue 2-3, 2004, Pages 223-233

  Fernandez Perea M T ^a,b   Alenda Jimenez R ^a  

^a Electrotechnical Section   (Spain)

^b Kilometer 7 5 28040 ^*  (Spain)

Author keywords

Beef cattle; Economic weight; Profit function; Selection index

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS;

EID: 5144235027     PISSN: 03016226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.livprodsci.2004.01.004     Document Type: Article

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