Adjustment Factors and Genetic Evaluation for Somatic Cell Score and Relationships with Other Traits of Canadian Holsteins

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 1994, Pages 659-665

  Zhang, W C ^a   Dekkers, J C M ^a   Banos, G ^a   Burnside, E B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

EBV; environmental effects; estimated breeding value; genetic evaluation; lactation average SCS; LSCS; mastitis; SCS; somatic cell count; somatic cell score

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; CELL COUNT; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; GENETICS; LACTATION; MALE; MILK; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; SECRETION;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CELL COUNT; FEMALE; LACTATION; MALE; MASTITIS, BOVINE; MILK; MODELS, GENETIC; PREGNANCY;

EID: 0028379282     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(94)76996-4     Document Type: Article

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