Selection for mastitis resistance in dairy cattle: A review with focus on the situation in the Nordic countries

Livestock Production Science

Volumn 64, Issue 2-3, 2000, Pages 95-106

  Heringstad, Bjørg ^a   Klemetsdal, Gunnar ^a   Ruane, John ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Dairy cattle; Mastitis; Selection

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BREEDING; CELL COUNT; DAIRY CATTLE; DENMARK; DISEASE RESISTANCE; FINLAND; GENETIC SELECTION; MASTITIS; MODEL; NORWAY; SOMATIC CELL; SWEDEN;

EID: 0034126972     PISSN: 03016226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-6226(99)00128-1     Document Type: Review

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