Genetic and phenotypic parameter estimates for growth traits in Boer goat

Livestock Science

Volumn 124, Issue 1-3, 2009, Pages 66-71

  Zhang, Chun Yan ^a   Zhang, Ying ^a   Xu, De Qing ^b   Li, Xiang ^a   Su, Jie ^a   Yang, Li Guo ^a  

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

^b Boer Goat Breeding Station   (China)

Author keywords

Body weights; Boer goat; Growth rates; Heritability

Indexed keywords

CAPRA HIRCUS;

EID: 67349221160     PISSN: 18711413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.livsci.2008.12.010     Document Type: Article

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