Paternal half-sib heritabilities and genetic, environmental, and phenotypic correlation estimates from randomly selected Hereford cattle.

doi:10.2527/1993.7171730x

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Paternal half-sib heritabilities and genetic, environmental, and phenotypic correlation estimates from randomly selected Hereford cattle.

Journal of animal science - 1 Jul 1993

Veseth D A, Reynolds W L, Urick J J, Nelsen T C, Short R E, Kress D D

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Growth and carcass data were collected during 10 yr at the Fort Keogh Livestock and Range Research Laboratory in Miles City, MT from a Hereford herd selected at random. The objective was to compare genetic parameter estimates from this randomly selected herd with estimates from published selectio...

Topics

Adipose Tissue
Animals
Birth Weight
Body Weight
Breeding
Cattle
Male
Meat
Muscles
Phenotype
Selection, Genetic
Weaning

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