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Identification of a Short Region on Chromosome 6 Affecting Direct Calving Ease in Piedmontese Cattle Breed

Calving in cattle is affected by calf morphology and by dam characteristics. It is described by two different traits: maternal calving ease, which is the ability to generate dams with good physiological predisposition to calving, and direct calving ease, which is the ability to generate calves that...

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Autores principales: Bongiorni, Silvia, Mancini, Giordano, Chillemi, Giovanni, Pariset, Lorraine, Valentini, Alessio
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3514265/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23226511
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0050137