Genetic parameters of functional and fertility determined length of productive life in Swedish dairy cattle

Animal Science

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 383-389

  Strandberg, E ^a   Roxstrom A ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cows; Genetic parameters; Productive life; Risk; Survival analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034196027     PISSN: 13577298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1357729800051729     Document Type: Article

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