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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 rate. Analyses were carried out by REML fitting an animal model including genetic and permanent environmental maternal...
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