Interaction between milk yield of Holstein cows in Mexico and the United States

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 82, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 2218-2223

  Cienfuegos Rivas, E G ^a   Oltenacu, P A ^b   Blake, R W ^b   Schwager, S J ^b   Castillo Juarez, H ^c   Ruiz, F J ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE TAMAULIPAS   (Mexico)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA METROPOLITANA   (Mexico)

^d INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIONES FORESTALES   (Mexico)

^e Secretaria de Agricultura Ganaderia Desarrollo Rural Pesca y Alimentacion   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Genetic correlation; Genotype by environment interaction; Mexico; Milk yield

Indexed keywords

HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 4;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BREEDING; CATTLE; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; LACTATION; MALE; MEXICO; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BREEDING; CATTLE; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; LACTATION; MALE; MEXICO; MODELS, GENETIC; MODELS, STATISTICAL; UNITED STATES; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0033212511     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(99)75468-8     Document Type: Article

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