Estimation of breeding values for dairy cattle using test-day milk yields

Turkish Journal of Veterinary and Animal Sciences

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 459-464

  Kaya, Ibrahim ^a   Akbaş, Yavuz ^a   Uzmay, Can ^a  

^a EGE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Breeding value; Dairy cattle; Test day milk yields; Test day model

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DAIRY CATTLE; FEMALE; HERITABILITY; LACTATION; MILK YIELD; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS;

EID: 0038135142     PISSN: 13000128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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