Lactation Yields and Accuracies Computed from Test Day Yields and (Co)Variances by Best Prediction

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 80, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 3015-3022

  Vanraden, P M ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Best prediction; Lactation weights; Test day yield; Test interval method

Indexed keywords

LIPID; MILK PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CHEMISTRY; FEMALE; GENETICS; LACTATION; MATHEMATICS; MILK; PHYSIOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; FEMALE; LACTATION; LIPIDS; MATHEMATICS; MILK; MILK PROTEINS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0031262553     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(97)76268-4     Document Type: Article

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