Selection on milk production and conformation traits during the last two decades in Japan |
Togashi, Kenji
(Maebashi Institute of Animal Science, Livestock Improvement Association of Japan)
Osawa, Takefumi (National Livestock Breeding Institute) Adachi, Kazunori (Livestock Improvement Association of Japan) Kurogi, Kazuhito (Maebashi Institute of Animal Science, Livestock Improvement Association of Japan) Tokunaka, Kota (Livestock Improvement Association of Japan) Yasumori, Takanori (Livestock Improvement Association of Japan) Takahashi, Tsutomu (Livestock Improvement Association of Japan) Moribe, Kimihiro (Livestock Improvement Association of Japan) |
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