A comparison of a linear and proportional hazards approach to analyse discrete longevity data in dairy cows

Animal Science

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 197-206

  Lubbers, R ^a,b   Brotherstone, S ^a   Ducrocq, V P ^c   Visscher, P M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Dairy cattle; Heritability; Lifespan; Longevity; Survival

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034420355     PISSN: 13577298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1357729800054667     Document Type: Article

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