Breed Group Effects on Milk Production of Brazilian Crossbred Dairy Cows

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 81, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 2306-2311

  Freitas, A F ^a   Wilcox, C J ^b   Costa, C N ^a  

^a Ctro Nac Pesquisa de Gado de Leite   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Brazil; Crossbreeding; Milk yield

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BRAZIL; BREEDING; CATTLE; CROSS BREEDING; FEMALE; GENETICS; LACTATION; MALE; MATHEMATICS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BRAZIL; BREEDING; CATTLE; CROSSES, GENETIC; FEMALE; LACTATION; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MODELS, GENETIC; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0032133733     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(98)75811-4     Document Type: Article

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