Genetic relationships among calving ease, gestation length, and calf survival to weaning in the Asturiana de los Valles beef cattle breed

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 96-101

  Cervantes, I ^a   Gutierrez J P ^a   Fernandez I ^b   Goyache, F ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b Área de Cultivos Hortofrutícolas y Forestales   (Spain)

Author keywords

Beef cattle; Calf survival; Calving ease; Genetic correlation; Genetic parameter; Gestation length

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIRTH; BIRTH WEIGHT; BREEDING; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; FEMALE; GENETICS; LABOR COMPLICATION; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREGNANCY; STATISTICAL MODEL; SUCKLING; WEANING;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, SUCKLING; BIRTH WEIGHT; BREEDING; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; FEMALE; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; PARTURITION; PREGNANCY; WEANING;

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EID: 72649097399     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: 15253163     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/jas.2009-2066     Document Type: Article

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