Estimation of genetic parameters of racing performance in Iranian Thoroughbred horses

Livestock Science

Volumn 120, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 151-157

  Bakhtiari, J ^a   Kashan, N E J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Heritability; Iranian Thoroughbred horses; Racing time; Ranking value

Indexed keywords

EQUIDAE;

EID: 57249105367     PISSN: 18711413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.livsci.2008.05.007     Document Type: Article

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