Effect of Selection for Milk Yield and Dietary Energy on Yield Traits, Bovine Somatotropin, and Plasma Urea Nitrogen in Dairy Cows

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 682-688

  Diab, Ismail A K ^a   Hillers, J K ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bovine somatotropin; Dietary energy; Genetic merit; Plasma urea nitrogen

Indexed keywords

BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE;

GROWTH HORMONE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BODY WEIGHT; CALORIC INTAKE; CATTLE; FEMALE; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; LACTATION; MALE; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL;

ANIMALS; BLOOD UREA NITROGEN; BODY WEIGHT; CATTLE; ENERGY INTAKE; FEMALE; GROWTH HORMONE; LACTATION; MALE; SELECTION (GENETICS);

EID: 0030115813     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(96)76414-7     Document Type: Article

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