Relation of the length of productive life and the body conformation traits in Slovak Simmental breed

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Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 393-402

  Strapák, Peter ^a   Juhás, Peter ^a   Strapáková, Eva ^a   Halo, Marko ^a  

^a SLOVAK UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE IN NITRA   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Body conformation traits; Cattle; Functional traits; Length of productive life; Simmental

Indexed keywords

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EID: 78349283716     PISSN: 00039438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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