Effects of inbreeding and estimation of genetic progress upon preweaning traits in beef cattle

Data on 1571 Angus, 1737 Herefords and 1313 Shorthorns from the BCRS, Front Royal, Va. from 1951 through 1969 (excluding 1960) were used to study the effect of inbreeding on birth and weaning weights, ADG birth to weaning and type score at weaning, and estimate genetic progress from selection in eac...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Scarsi, Juan Carlos
Other Authors: Animal Science
Format: Others
Language:en
Published: Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University 2015
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10919/53911