Estimation of genetic parameters for longevity and milk production in Holstein cattle in Mexico;Estimación de parámetros genéticos para características de longevidad y producción de leche en ganado Holstein en México

Interciencia

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2004, Pages

  Posadas, Mauricio Valencia ^a,b   De Jesús Ruíz López, Felipe ^c   Valdenegro, Hugo Horacio Montaldo ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUANAJUATO   (Mexico)

^b ExHacienda El Copal   (Mexico)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIONES FORESTALES   (Mexico)

^d UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATTLE PRODUCTIVE LIFE; PEDIGREE INFORMATION; PHENOTYPIC CORRELATIONS;

AGRICULTURE; CORRELATION METHODS; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ERROR ANALYSIS; FARMS; GENETIC ENGINEERING; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION; MILKING MACHINES; RANDOM PROCESSES;

DAIRY PRODUCTS;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS;

EID: 1542316670     PISSN: 03781844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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