Industrial perspective: Capturing the benefits of genomics to Irish cattle breeding

Animal Production Science

Volumn 52, Issue 2-3, 2012, Pages 172-179

  Wickham, B W ^a   Amer, P R ^b   Berry, D P ^c   Burke, M ^a   Coughlan, S ^a   Cromie, A ^a   Kearney, J F ^a   Mc Hugh, N ^c   McParland, S ^c   O'Connell, K ^a  

^a IRISH CATTLE BREEDING FEDERATION   (Ireland)

^b ABACUSBIO LIMITED   (New Zealand)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS; AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY; AGROINDUSTRY; BREEDING; CATTLE; DECISION MAKING; GENETIC ENGINEERING; INBREEDING; INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION; LIVESTOCK FARMING; PROFITABILITY;

IRELAND;

ANIMALIA; BOS;

EID: 84858113249     PISSN: 18360939     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/AN11166     Document Type: Review

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