Predicting fertility from seminal traits: Performance of several parametric and non-parametric procedures

Livestock Science

Volumn 155, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 137-147

  Piles, M ^a   Diez J ^b   del Coz, J J ^b   Montanes E ^b   Quevedo, J R ^b   Ramon, J ^a   Rafel, O ^a   Lopez Bejar M ^c   Tusell, L ^a  

^a IRTA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Fertility; Non parametric methods; Prediction; Rabbit; Seminal traits

Indexed keywords

ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 84879837118     PISSN: 18711413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.livsci.2013.03.019     Document Type: Article

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