Genetic relationship between growth and reproductive traits in Nellore cattle

Animal

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 565-570

  Santana, M L ^a,b   Eler, J P ^a   Ferraz, J B S ^a   Mattos, E C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MATO GROSSO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

beef cattle; genetic parameters; longevity; postweaning gain; sexual precocity

Indexed keywords

BOS;

EID: 84857827363     PISSN: 17517311     EISSN: 1751732X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1751731111001856     Document Type: Article

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