Different beef breed sires used for crossbreeding with Swedish dairy cows - effects on calving performance and carcass traits
Authors:
- Susanne ErikssonSESusanne Eriksson
- Patricia Ask-GullstrandPAPatricia Ask-Gullstrand
- W. Freddy FikseWFW. Freddy Fikse
- Elin JonssonEJElin Jonsson
- Jan-Åke ErikssonJEJan-Åke Eriksson
- Hans StålhammarHSHans Stålhammar
- Anna WallenbeckAWAnna Wallenbeck
- Anna HessleAHAnna Hessle
Open Access
- 1 February 2020
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Elsevier in Livestock Science
- Vol. 232
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