Genetic parameters for growth traits of Australian beef cattle from a multibreed selection experiment.

doi:10.2527/1993.71102614x

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Genetic parameters for growth traits of Australian beef cattle from a multibreed selection experiment.

Journal of animal science - 1 Oct 1993

Meyer K, Carrick M J, Donnelly B J

Abstract excerpt

Estimates of covariance components and genetic parameters were obtained for birth, weaning, 200-d, and 400-d weight for a herd of Polled Herefords and a herd of a multibreed synthetics, the so-called Wokalups. Data originated from an experiment in Western Australia selecting for preweaning growth...

Topics

Analysis of Variance
Animals
Birth Weight
Breeding
Cattle
Female
Genetic Variation
Genotype
Male
Multivariate Analysis
Phenotype
Random Allocation
Selection, Genetic
Weight Gain

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