Effects of Interactions between Type and Milk Production on Survival Traits of Canadian Holsteins

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 80, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 2984-2995

  Boettcher, P J ^a   Jairath, L K ^a   Koots, K R ^a   Dekkers, J C M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Herd life; Interactions; Production; Type

Indexed keywords

AGING; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BREEDING; CATTLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; GENETICS; LACTATION; LONGEVITY; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PROBABILITY; STATISTICAL MODEL; UDDER;

AGING; ANIMALS; BREEDING; CATTLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; LACTATION; LINEAR MODELS; LONGEVITY; MALE; MAMMARY GLANDS, ANIMAL; MODELS, GENETIC; PREGNANCY; PROBABILITY;

EID: 0031266232     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(97)76265-9     Document Type: Article

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