Heritabilities and correlations among body condition score, dairy form and selected linear type traits

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 86, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 2236-2242

  Dechow, C D ^a   Rogers, G W ^a   Klei, L ^b   Lawlor, T J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b Holstein Association USA Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Body condition score; Genetic correlation; Heritability

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY WEIGHT; BREEDING; CATTLE; DAIRYING; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; LACTATION; MALE; PHENOTYPE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY WEIGHT; BREEDING; CATTLE; DAIRYING; FEMALE; LACTATION; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PHENOTYPE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0141462793     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(03)73814-4     Document Type: Article

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