Purging of inbreeding depression within the Irish Holstein-Friesian population

Genetics Selection Evolution

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Mc Parland, Sinéad ^a,b   Kearney, Francis ^c   Berry, Donagh P ^a  

^a ANIMAL AND GRASSLAND RESEARCH AND INNOVATION CENTRE   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c IRISH CATTLE BREEDING FEDERATION   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATTLE; DAIRY FARMING; FERTILITY; INBREEDING DEPRESSION; LACTATION; MILK PRODUCTION; PROTEIN; SELECTIVE BREEDING;

ANIMALIA; FRIESIA;

EID: 77949851525     PISSN: 0999193X     EISSN: 12979686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1297-9686-41-16     Document Type: Article

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