Heritability estimates for calving date in Simmental cattle

Variation among sires in daughters' reproductive performance was analyzed using data on 4,360 cows from nine herds obtained from the American Simmental Association. Cows were required to have at least 50% Simmental breeding, to have calved first at 2 yr of age and to have been born and subseque...

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Main Author: Meacham, Nancy S.
Other Authors: Animal Science
Format: Others
Published: Virginia Tech 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10919/45782
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-11172012-040109/