Effects of Milk Protein Genotypes on the Variation for Milk Production Traits of Holstein and Jersey Cows in California

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 80, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1776-1785

  Ojala, Matti ^a   Famula, Thomas R ^b   Medrano, Juan F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Genetic variation; Milk production traits; Milk protein genotype; Multivariate animal model

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

MILK PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CATTLE; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; LACTATION; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; CALIFORNIA; CATTLE; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; LACTATION; MILK PROTEINS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0031204513     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(97)76111-3     Document Type: Article

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