Article
Comparison of sire breed solutions for growth traits adjusted by mean expected progeny differences to a 1993 base.
Journal of animal science - 1 Sept 1998
Barkhouse K L, Van Vleck L D, Cundiff L V, Buchanan D S, Marshall D M
Abstract excerpt
Records on growth traits were obtained from five Midwestern agricultural experiment stations as part of a beef cattle crossbreeding project (NC-196). Records on birth weight (BWT, n =3,490), weaning weight (WWT, n = 3,237), and yearling weight (YWT, n = 1,372) were analyzed within locations and p...
Topics
- Animals
- Birth Weight
- Body Weight
- Breeding
- Cattle
- Female
- Genetic Variation
- Male
- Regression Analysis
- Weaning