HERITABILITY OF NONRETURN RATE OF CANADIAN HOLSTEIN-FRIESIAN BULLS

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عنوان ژورنال: Canadian Journal of Animal Science

سال: 1983

ISSN: 0008-3984,1918-1825

DOI: 10.4141/cjas83-005