Genetic selection for health traits using producer-recorded data. I. Incidence rates, heritability estimates, and sire breeding values

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 87, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 4287-4294

  Zwald, N R ^a   Weigel, K A ^a   Chang, Y M ^a   Welper, R D ^b   Clay, J S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b Alta Genetics Inc   (United States)

^c Dairy Records Management Systems   (United States)

Author keywords

Disease resistance; Genetic selection; Health disorders

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS;

EID: 10044223057     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(04)73573-0     Document Type: Article

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