Evaluation of extent and amount of heterogeneous variance for milk yield in Uruguayan Holsteins

Animal Science

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 259-268

  Urioste, J I ^a   Gianola, D ^b   Rekaya, R ^b   Fikse, W F ^c   Weigel, K A ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPÚBLICA   (Uruguay)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Gini coefficient; Heterogeneity; Holstein (Uruguayan); Milk yield; Variance

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035592462     PISSN: 13577298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s1357729800055752     Document Type: Article

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