Contrasting models for lactation curve analysis

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 85, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 968-975

  Jaffrezic, F ^a,b   White, I M S ^a   Thompson, R ^c,d   Visscher, P M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

^c ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Character process models; Lactation curve; Orthogonal polynomials; Random regression

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CATTLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; GENETICS; LACTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; FEMALE; LACTATION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, GENETIC; MODELS, STATISTICAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 0036528419     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(02)74156-8     Document Type: Article

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