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RR Van der Westhuizen

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Publications

4

Citations

89

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4

Active since

2004

Affiliations

Animal Production Institute(Current)

Stellenbosch University

RR Van der Westhuizen is an author at Animal Production Institute specializing in agricultural economics, livestock genetics, and animal science.

Top concepts

FertilityPublic HealthAnimal ScienceLivestock GeneticsAgricultural EconomicsMedicineNutritionBiostatisticsAnimal NutritionGenetic Variation

Publications per year

2004–2011

4

Publications

4

Rate of inbreeding and effective population size in four major South African dairy cattle breeds

A. Maiwashe, RR Van der Westhuizen, B.E. Mostert et al. · South African Journal of Animal Science · 2006 · 42 citations · Full text

Fertility, Agricultural Economics, Livestock Production +18

Genetic variance components for residual feed intake and feed conversion ratio and their correlations with other production traits in beef bulls

RR Van der Westhuizen, Japie Van der Westhuizen, SJ Schoeman · South African Journal of Animal Science · 2004 · 21 citations · Full text

Nutrition, Fertility, Genetics +24

Non-genetic factors affecting growth performance and carcass characteristics of two South African pig breeds

Bekezela Dube, SD Mulugeta, RR Van der Westhuizen et al. · South African Journal of Animal Science · 2011 · 15 citations · Full text

Nutrition, Backfat Thickness, Fertility +20

Genetic relationship between feed efficiency and profitability traits in beef cattle

RR Van der Westhuizen, Japie Van der Westhuizen, SJ Schoeman · South African Journal of Animal Science · 2004 · 11 citations · Full text

Nutrition, Fertility, Genetics +21

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