Adjustment for Heterogeneity of Variance for Milk Yield among Herds of Holstein Cattle in Brazil;Ajustamento para Heterogeneidade de Variância para Produção de Leite entre Rebanhos da Raça Holandesa no Brasil

Revista Brasileira de Zootecnia

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 295-303

  De Almeida Torres, Robledo ^a   Bergmann, José Aurélio Garcia ^b   Costa, Claudio Nápolis ^c   Pereira, Carmen Silva ^b   Valente, José ^c   Penna, Vânia Maldini ^b   De Almeida Torres Filho, Rodolpho ^d  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF VIÇOSA   (Brazil)

^b UFMG   (Brazil)

^c EMBRAPA CERRADOS   (Brazil)

^d Bolsista de Iniciacao Cie UFV ^*

Author keywords

Dairy cows; Genetic correlation; Genetic parameters; Milk yield; Variance heterogeneity

Indexed keywords

BOS TAURUS;

EID: 0010676269     PISSN: 01004859     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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