Longevity in dairy cattle breeding: A review

Livestock Production Science

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 79-89

  Essl, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

Author keywords

Bias; Genetic; Herd life; Survival analysis; Voluntary culling

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002041276     PISSN: 03016226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-6226(98)00160-2     Document Type: Article

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