Genetic evaluation for length of productive life in Slovak Pinzgau cattle

Archiv fur Tierzucht

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 438-448

  Mészáros, Gábor ^a   Fuhrst, Christian ^b   Fuerst Waltl, Birgit ^a,c   Kadlečík, Ondrej ^a   Kasarda, Radovan ^a   Sölkner, Johann ^a,c  

^a SLOVAK UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE IN NITRA   (Slovakia)

^b ZucbtData EDV Dienstleistungen GmbH   (Austria)

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

Author keywords

Breeding value; Functional longevity; Heritability; Pinzgau cattle; Proportional hazards model

Indexed keywords

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EID: 53549088918     PISSN: 00039438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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