Heterogeneity of herd-period phenotypic variances in the Spanish Holstein-Friesian cattle: Sources of heterogeneity and genetic evaluation

Livestock Production Science

Volumn 45, Issue 2-3, 1996, Pages 137-147

  Ibanez M A ^a   Carabano M J ^b   Foulley, J L ^c   Alenda, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS   (Spain)

^c CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Genetic evaluations; Heterogeneous variance; Milk yield

Indexed keywords

EID: 0142128511     PISSN: 03016226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0301-6226(96)00012-7     Document Type: Article

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