Genetic parameter estimates for lamb growth traits and greasy fleece weight at first shearing in Turkish Merino sheep

Small Ruminant Research

Volumn 56, Issue 1-3, 2005, Pages 215-222

  Ozcan, M ^a   Ekiz, B ^a   Yilmaz, A ^a   Ceyhan, A ^b  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Marmara Animal Breeding Research Institute   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Fleece weight; Genetic correlations; Growth traits; Heritability; Turkish Merino sheep

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; LAMB; MARMARA; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 9644254529     PISSN: 09214488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.smallrumres.2004.06.009     Document Type: Article

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