Heritability and genetic trends for growth and fur quality traits in silver blue mink

The present study was performed to estimate genetic parameters for growth and fur quality traits in Chinese silver blue mink. Recordings of body weight (BW), body length (BL), guard hair length (GL), underwool length (UL) and the rate of guard hair and underwool length from 1678 silver blue minks (2...

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Main Authors: Z. Y. Liu, L. L. Liu, X. C. Song, B. Cong, F. H. Yang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2017-01-01
Series:Italian Journal of Animal Science
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1828051X.2016.1257926