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Genetic and environmental parameters for mature weight and other growth measures in Polled Hereford cattle.
Journal of animal science - 1 Jul 1993
Bullock K D, Bertrand J K, Benyshek L L
Abstract excerpt
Variances and covariances were estimated for birth weight (BWT), weaning weight (WW), yearling gain (YG), yearling weight (YW), yearling height (YH), relative growth from birth to weaning (RGW) and weaning to yearling (RGY), and mature weight (MW). Field records on 572,446 Polled Hereford cattle were analyzed. Because multiple dam weights were collected on a cow the MW used in the analysis was calculated using a...
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