Losses of precision associated with simplified designs of milk recording for dairy ewes

Journal of Dairy Research

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 441-444

  Gonzalo, Carlos ^a   Othmane, M Houcine ^a   Fuertes, J Ángel ^a   De La Fuente, L Fernando ^a   Primitivo, Fermín San ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEÓN   (Spain)

Author keywords

Dairy ewes; Milk recording designs; Simplification; Test day records

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; DAIRYING; FEMALE; LACTATION; MILK; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RECORDS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHEEP;

OVIS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0242571820     PISSN: 00220299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022029903006447     Document Type: Article

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