Comparison of test-day models for genetic evaluation of production traits in dairy cattle

Livestock Production Science

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 73-86

  Lidauer, Martin ^a   Mantysaari E A ^a   Stranden I ^a  

^a ANIMAL PRODUCTION RESEARCH   (Finland)

Author keywords

Covariance functions; Dairy cattle; Random regression; Reduced rank; Test day model

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS;

EID: 0037221168     PISSN: 03016226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-6226(02)00142-2     Document Type: Article

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