Monitoring inbreeding trends and inbreeding depression for economically important traits of Holstein cattle in Iran

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 93, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 3294-3302

  Rokouei, M ^a   Vaez Torshizi, R ^a   Moradi Shahrbabak, M ^b   Sargolzaei, M ^c   Sorensen A C ^d  

^a TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^d AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

inbreeding depression; Iranian Holstein; production; reproduction

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CATTLE; CYTOLOGY; DAIRYING; ECONOMICS; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEMALE; INBREEDING; IRAN; LACTATION; LONGEVITY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MILK; PEDIGREE; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; STATISTICS;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; DAIRYING; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; INBREEDING; IRAN; LACTATION; LONGEVITY; MALE; MILK; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PEDIGREE; REPRODUCTION;

EID: 77957885642     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2009-2748     Document Type: Article

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