Response to selection in beef cattle using IGF-1 as a selection criterion for residual feed intake under different Australian breeding objectives

Livestock Production Science

Volumn 91, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 69-81

  Wood, B J ^a   Archer, J A ^b   Van Der Werf, J H J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^b NSW AGRICULTURE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Breeding program design; Feed intake; IGF 1; Two stage selection; ZPLAN

Indexed keywords

BOS TAURUS;

EID: 7644220738     PISSN: 03016226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.livprodsci.2004.06.009     Document Type: Article

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