Hierarchical nonlinear model for persistency of milk yield in the first three lactations of holsteins

Livestock Production Science

Volumn 68, Issue 2-3, 2001, Pages 181-187

  Rekaya, R ^a   Weigel, K A ^a   Gianola, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Holstein; Nonlinear models; Persistency; Wood's function

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035105425     PISSN: 03016226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-6226(00)00239-6     Document Type: Article

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