Heritability of teat-end shape and the relationship of teat-end shape with somatic cell score for an experimental herd of cows

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 84, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 2549-2554

  Chrystal, M A ^a   Seykora, A J ^a   Hansen, L B ^a   Freeman, A E ^b   Kelley, D H ^b   Healey, M H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Heritability; MTDFREML; Somatic cell score; Teat end shape

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BREEDING; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; CELL COUNT; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; MALE; MILK; PHYSIOLOGY; UDDER;

ANIMAL; BREEDING; CATTLE; CELL COUNT; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; MALE; MAMMAE; MASTITIS, BOVINE; MILK; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0035512686     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(01)74707-8     Document Type: Article

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