Persistency of lactation yield: A novel approach

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 82, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 2192-2197

  Grossman, Michael ^a,c   Hartz, S M ^a   Koops, W J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dairy cattle; Lactation yield; Mathematical model; Persistency

Indexed keywords

BOS TAURUS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CATTLE; FEMALE; LACTATION; MATHEMATICS; PHYSIOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TIME;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; FEMALE; LACTATION; MATHEMATICS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0033212303     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(99)75464-0     Document Type: Article

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