Strategies for estimating the parameters needed for different test-day models

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 83, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1125-1134

  Misztal, I ^a   Strabel, T ^a   Jamrozik, J ^b   Mantysaari E A ^c   Meuwissen, T H E ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^c FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^d WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Dairy cattle; Genetic parameters; Test day models

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; CATTLE; FEMALE; GENETICS; LACTATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REVIEW; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; CATTLE; FEMALE; LACTATION; MODELS, STATISTICAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 0034185383     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(00)74978-2     Document Type: Article

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