Estimation of variance components and genetic trends for twinning rate in Holstein dairy cattle of Iran

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 92, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 3411-3421

  Ghavi Hossein Zadeh, N ^a   Nejati Javaremi, A ^a   Miraei Ashtiani, S R ^a   Kohram, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Genetic trend; Linear model; Threshold model; Twinning rate

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS;

EID: 68149131069     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2008-1631     Document Type: Article

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