Optimizing a beef production system using specialized sire and dam lines

Canadian Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 353-361

  Tang, G ^a,b   Stewart Smith, J ^c   Plastow, G ^a   Moore, S ^a   Basarab, J ^d   Macneil, M D ^e   Wang, Z ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b SICHUAN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Beefbooster Inc   (Canada)

^d LACOMBE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

^e AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Beef cattle; Breeding objective; Crossbreeding; Relative economic value

Indexed keywords

EID: 82855177795     PISSN: 00083984     EISSN: 19181825     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4141/cjas10073     Document Type: Article

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