Relationships Between Charolais Sire Expected Progeny Differences and Progeny Performance in Commercial Beef Herds

Professional Animal Scientist

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 503-505

  Clark, S C ^a   Moser, D W ^a   Williams, R E ^a  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Beef Cattle; Birth Weight; Expected Progeny Difference; Progeny Performance; Weaning Weight

Indexed keywords

EID: 85008225395     PISSN: 10807446     EISSN: 1525318X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15232/S1080-7446(15)31354-1     Document Type: Article

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