Genetic and environmental relationship among calving interval, survival, persistency of milk yield and somatic cell count in dairy cattle

Livestock Production Science

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 189-200

  Haile Mariam, M ^a   Bowman, P J ^b   Goddard, M E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b VIC INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL SCIENCE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cattle genetics; Fertility; Genetic parameters; Longevity; Milk yield traits; Persistency; Somatic cell count

Indexed keywords

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EID: 0038710906     PISSN: 03016226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-6226(02)00188-4     Document Type: Article

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