Interaction Between Calf Sex and Calf Genetic Type for Preweaning Traits of Calves Varying in Percentage Brahman Breeding

Professional Animal Scientist

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 145-148

  Thrift, F A ^a   Clark, S M ^a   Aaron, D K ^a   Franke, D E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brahman; Cattle; Interaction; Sex

Indexed keywords

EID: 84957578168     PISSN: 10807446     EISSN: 1525318X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15232/S1080-7446(15)31868-4     Document Type: Article

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