Association of class I bovine lymphocyte antigens withprofitability and lifetime yields in the Holstein breed

Canadian Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 145-148

  Batra, T R ^a   Stear, M J ^b   Macdonald, P A ^a  

^a AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

BoLA; Holstein; Lifetime yields; Profitability

Indexed keywords

EID: 0345984322     PISSN: 00083984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4141/cjas96-020     Document Type: Article

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