The accuracy of prediction of body weight from body measurements in beef cattle

Archiv fur Tierzucht

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 371-377

  Ozkaya, Serkan ^a   Bozkurt, Yalcin ^a  

^a SULEYMAN DEMIREL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Body measurements; Body weight; Brown Swiss; Cattle; Crossbred; Hotstein

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS;

EID: 70349102043     PISSN: 00039438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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