Additive genetic variance and covariance in some reproduetive disorders in Hungarian Holstein Friesian using multi-Trait animal model

Archives Animal Breeding

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 573-581

  Amin, A A ^a   Gere, T ^a   Kishk, W H ^b  

^a Suez Canal University   (Egypt)

^b SZENT ISTVÁN UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

correlation; dairy cattle; heritability; Hungarian Holstein Friesian; repeatability; reproduetive disorders

Indexed keywords

EID: 85063824832     PISSN: 00039438     EISSN: 23639822     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/aab-43-573-2000     Document Type: Article

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