Genetic analysis of herd life in Canadian dairy cattle on a lactation basis using a weibull proportional hazards model

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 368-375

  Sewalem, A ^a,b   Kistemaker, G J ^b   Ducrocq, V ^c   Van Doormaal, B J ^b  

^a AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^b CANADIAN DAIRY NETWORK   (Canada)

^c CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Canadian dairy breed; Functional herd life; Survival analysis

Indexed keywords

BOS TAURUS; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 4; MAMMALIA;

EID: 12144267494     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(05)72696-5     Document Type: Article

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