Genetic and environmental smoothing of lactation curves with cubic splines

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 632-638

  White, I M S ^a   Thompson, R ^b,c   Brotherstone, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cubic splines; Genetic effects; Lactation curves; Smoothing

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BREEDING; CATTLE; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; GENETICS; LACTATION; MATHEMATICS; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; BREEDING; CATTLE; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; LACTATION; MATHEMATICS; MODELS, GENETIC; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PHENOTYPE;

EID: 0033087217     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(99)75277-X     Document Type: Article

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