Heritability of clinical mastitis incidence and relationships with sire transmitting abilities for somatic cell score, udder type traits, productive life, and protein yield

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 83, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 2350-2360

  Nash, D L ^a,d   Rogers, G W ^a   Cooper, J B ^a   Hargrove, G L ^a   Keown, J F ^b   Hansen, L B ^c  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d FERRUM COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical mastitis; Productive life; Somatic cell score; Udder type traits

Indexed keywords

STAPHYLOCOCCI; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE;

MILK PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; CELL COUNT; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; INCIDENCE; LACTATION; MALE; MILK; RISK; UDDER;

ANIMALS; BREEDING; CATTLE; CELL COUNT; FEMALE; INCIDENCE; LACTATION; MALE; MAMMARY GLANDS, ANIMAL; MASTITIS, BOVINE; MILK; MILK PROTEINS; ODDS RATIO;

EID: 0034303192     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(00)75123-X     Document Type: Article

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