Review: Deciphering animal robustness. A synthesis to facilitate its use in livestock breeding and management
As the environments in which livestock are reared become more variable, animal robustness becomes an increasingly valuable attribute. Consequently, there is increasing focus on managing and breeding for it. However, robustness is a difficult phenotype to properly characterise because it is a complex...
Main Authors: | N.C. Friggens, F. Blanc, D.P. Berry, L. Puillet |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2017-01-01
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Series: | Animal |
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Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S175173111700088X |
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