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Evaluation of between- and within-breed variation in measures of weight-age relationships.
Journal of animal science - 1 Aug 1991
Jenkins T G, Kaps M, Cundiff L V, Ferrell C L
Abstract excerpt
Variation between- and within-breeds was evaluated for accretion of weight from birth to 7 yr of age and hip height at 7 yr for 1,577 cows sired by Angus, Brahman, Brown Swiss, Charolais, Chianina, Gelbvieh, Hereford, Jersey, Limousin, Maine Anjou, Pinzgauer, Sahiwal, Simmental, South Devon, and Tarentaise and from either Angus or Hereford dams. Parameters from Wt = A (1 - Be-kt) were estimated by nonlinear...
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