Temperament traits in cattle : measurement and preliminary genetic analysis

The aims of this project were i) to take measures of behaviour in cattle that could be demonstrated to be reliable indicators of temperament traits, and ii) to look for areas of the genome harbouring genes involved in these traits. Behavioural tests were carried out on a large number of animals from...

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Main Author: Ball, Nia
Published: University of Edinburgh 2003
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.641254