Prediction of Daily Milk Yields from a Limited Number of Test Days Using Test Day Models

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 82, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 1555-1564

  Pool, M H ^a   Meuwissen, T H E ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Breeding value estimation; Daily milk yields; Test day model

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CATTLE; DAIRYING; FEMALE; LACTATION; METHODOLOGY; MILK; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SECRETION; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; CATTLE; DAIRYING; FEMALE; LACTATION; MILK; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 0033159473     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(99)75383-X     Document Type: Article

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