ESTIMATES OF BREED DIRECT, MATERNAL AND HETEROSIS EFFECTS FOR WEANING AND YEARLING WEIGHTS OF BEEF CATTLE IN THE HUMID TROPICS OF MEXICO
The objective of this study was to estimate the breed-direct, breed-maternal and heterosis effects from data obtained for weaning and yearling weights of Brahman and its crosses with Charolais, Simmental, Brown Swiss breeds in a beef herd in Tabasco, Mexico. The climate of the region is tropical hum...
Main Authors: | M.M. Osorio-Arce, José C. Segura |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán
2010-07-01
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Series: | Tropical and Subtropical Agroecosystems |
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Online Access: | http://www.revista.ccba.uady.mx/ojs/index.php/TSA/article/view/310 |
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