Genetic analysis of herd life in Quebec Holsteins using Weibull models

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 82, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 2503-2513

  Durr J W ^a,b   Monardes, H G ^a   Cue, R I ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PASSO FUNDO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Herd life; Survival analysis

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

AGING; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BREEDING; CANADA; CATTLE; FEMALE; GENETICS; LACTATION; MALE; PREGNANCY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL;

AGING; ANIMALS; BREEDING; CATTLE; FEMALE; LACTATION; MALE; MODELS, GENETIC; PREGNANCY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; QUEBEC;

EID: 0033228064     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(99)75502-5     Document Type: Article

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