Genetic Analysis of Clinical Lameness in Dairy Cattle

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1148-1156

  Boettcher, P J ^a   Dekkers, J C M ^a   Warnick, L D ^b   Wells, S J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^c CENTERS FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY AND ANIMAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical lameness; Genetic correlation; Heritability; Type

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL LAMENESS; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; FEMALE; GENETICS; LACTATION; PARITY;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; FEMALE; LACTATION; LAMENESS, ANIMAL; MODELS, GENETIC; PARITY;

EID: 0032037818     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(98)75677-2     Document Type: Article

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