Genetic evaluation of mastitis resistance using a first-passage time model for Wiener processes for analysis of time to first treatment

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 834-841

  Saebo S ^a   Almoy T ^a   Heringstad, B ^a   Klemetsdal, G ^a   Aastveit, A H ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Clinical mastitis; Genetic evaluation; Survival analysis; Wiener process

Indexed keywords

BOS TAURUS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; BREEDING; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; CROSS BREEDING; FEMALE; GENETICS; LACTATION; MALE; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PREGNANCY; PROBABILITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; SURVIVAL; TIME;

ANIMALS; BAYES THEOREM; BREEDING; CATTLE; CROSSES, GENETIC; FEMALE; LACTATION; MALE; MARKOV CHAINS; MASTITIS, BOVINE; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PREGNANCY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 15044361962     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.s0022-0302(05)72748-x     Document Type: Article

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