Genetic characteristics required in dairy and beef cattle for temperate grazing systems

Utilisation of Grazed Grass in Temperate Animal Systems: Proceedings of a Satellite Workshop of the XXth International Grassland Congress, July 2005, Cork, Ireland

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 61-78

  Buckley, F ^a   Holmes, C ^b   Keane, M G ^c  

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

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^c GRANGE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Beef; Cattle; Dairy; G E; Genetics; Grazing

Indexed keywords

EID: 84899213777     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.3920/978-90-8686-554-3     Document Type: Chapter

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