The inheritance of weaning weight in Mashona cattle grazing on free range in Zimbabwe

Genetic parameters were estimated using 8086 weaning weight records of Mashona cattle from commercial herds in Zimbabwe, through Derivative-free Restricted Maximum Likelihood (DFREML) procedure fitting an individual animal model. All known additive relationships among animals were incorporated and a...

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Main Author: Khombe, Carroll Themba
Other Authors: Hayes, J. F. (advisor)
Format: Others
Language:en
Published: McGill University 1994
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Online Access:http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=41636