Repeatability of objective measurements on the rear legs of dairy cows

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 85, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 2344-2351

  Boisot, P O ^a   Rodriguez Zas, S L ^a   Shanks, R D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Dairy cow; Rear leg; Repeatability of objective measurement

Indexed keywords

BOS TAURUS;

AGING; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BODY CONSTITUTION; CATTLE; FEMALE; HINDLIMB; HISTOLOGY; MATHEMATICS; MORPHOMETRICS; PHENOTYPE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY;

AGING; ANIMALS; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; CATTLE; FEMALE; HINDLIMB; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICS; PHENOTYPE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0036726669     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(02)74314-2     Document Type: Article

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