Genetic and phenotypic parameters of lifetime and stayability traits in Danish dairy breeds

Acta Agriculturae Scandinavica A: Animal Sciences

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 155-164

  Bijma, Piter ^a   Jensen, Just ^b   Madsen, Per ^b  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Breed effects; Dominance; Epistasis; Herd life; Heritability; Longevity; Phenotypic trend

Indexed keywords

FRIESIA;

EID: 0039398121     PISSN: 09064702     EISSN: 16511972     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09064709809362415     Document Type: Article

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