Reaction norms for protein yield and days open in Swedish red and white dairy cattle in relation to various environmental variables

Acta Agriculturae Scandinavica - Section A: Animal Science

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 139-151

  Kolmodin, Rebecka ^a   Strandberg, Erling ^a   Danell, Birgitta ^a   Jorjani, Hossein ^b  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b Interbull Centre   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Fertility; Genetic evaluation; Genotype by environment interaction; Random regression

Indexed keywords

BOS TAURUS;

EID: 10644285844     PISSN: 09064702     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09064700410032040     Document Type: Article

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