Measuring the effect of change in selection indices

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 92, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 6192-6196

  Cunningham, E P ^a   Tauebert, H ^b  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b Vereinigte Informationssysteme Tierhaltung wV VIT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Relative contribution; Relative emphasis; Selection index

Indexed keywords

BOS;

EID: 70749126256     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2007-565     Document Type: Article

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