An autoregressive repeatability animal model for test-day records in multiple lactations

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 85, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 2040-2045

  Carvalheira, J ^a   Pollak, E J ^b   Quaas, R L ^b   Blake, R W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Autoregression; Dairy cattle; Genetic evaluation; Test day animal model

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BREEDING; CATTLE; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; GENETICS; LACTATION; MALE; MATHEMATICS; PEDIGREE; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BREEDING; CATTLE; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; LACTATION; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PEDIGREE;

EID: 0036673848     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(02)74281-1     Document Type: Article

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