Genetic parameters for milk production and persistency for danish holsteins estimated in random regression models using REML

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 85, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1607-1616

  Jakobsen, J H ^a   Madsen, P ^b   Jensen, J ^b   Pedersen, J ^a   Christensen, L G ^c   Sorensen, D A ^b  

^a Dansk Landbrugsradgivning   (Denmark)

^b DANISH INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Model choice; Persistency; Random regression; Test day milk yield

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

FAT; MILK PROTEIN;

ALGORITHM; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CATTLE; CHEMISTRY; FEMALE; GENETICS; LACTATION; MILK; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SECRETION; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; CATTLE; FATS; FEMALE; LACTATION; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MILK; MILK PROTEINS; MODELS, GENETIC; MODELS, STATISTICAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 0036615570     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(02)74231-8     Document Type: Article

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