Associations between Milk Protein Polymorphism and First Lactation Milk Production Traits in Finnish Ayrshire Cows

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 82, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1026-1033

  Ikonen, Tiina ^a   Ojala, Matti ^a   Ruottinen, Outi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Finnish Ayrshire; First lactation; Milk production traits; Protein polymorphism

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

CASEIN; LACTOGLOBULIN; LIPID; MILK PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CATTLE; CHEMISTRY; FEMALE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; LACTATION; MILK;

ANIMALS; CASEINS; CATTLE; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; LACTATION; LACTOGLOBULINS; LIPIDS; MILK; MILK PROTEINS; MODELS, GENETIC; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC;

EID: 0033124874     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(99)75323-3     Document Type: Article

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