Twinning rates for North American Holstein sires

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 84, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 2081-2088

  Johanson, J M ^a   Berger, P J ^a   Kirkpatrick, B W ^b   Dentine, M R ^b  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Heritability; Holsteins; Threshold model; Twinning rate

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BREEDING; CATTLE; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; GENETICS; INCIDENCE; MALE; PARITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; SEASON; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BREEDING; CATTLE; FEMALE; INCIDENCE; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, GENETIC; PARITY; PREGNANCY; SEASONS; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0035458630     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(01)74653-X     Document Type: Article

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