Additive genetic and permanent environmental variance components for test day milk traits in Black-White cattle

Livestock Production Science

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 91-98

  Strabel, Tomasz ^a   Szwaczkowski, Tomasz ^a  

^a POZNA UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Poland)

Author keywords

Animal model; Dairy cattle; Genetic parameters; Test day records

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS;

EID: 0038666744     PISSN: 03016226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-6226(97)00005-5     Document Type: Article

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