Genetic Relationships Between Male and Female Reproductive Traits in Beef Cattle

Professional Animal Scientist

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 195-199

  Gargantini, G ^a   Cundiff, L V ^a   Lunstra, D D ^b   Van Vleck, L D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Beef Cattle; Fertility; Growth; Selection

Indexed keywords

EID: 85008211284     PISSN: 10807446     EISSN: 1525318X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15232/S1080-7446(15)31202-X     Document Type: Article

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