Genetic relationship between body condition score, dairy character, mastitis, and diseases other than mastitis in first-parity Danish Holstein cows

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 86, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 3730-3735

  Lassen, J ^a,b   Hansen, M ^a   Sorensen M K ^a   Aamand, G P ^b   Christensen, L G ^c   Madsen, P ^a  

^a DANISH INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Denmark)

^b Dansk Landbrugsradgivning   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Body condition score; Dairy character; Diseases; Mastitis

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY CONSTITUTION; BREEDING; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; DAIRYING; DENMARK; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; LACTATION; PARITY; PHENOTYPE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; BODY CONSTITUTION; BREEDING; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DAIRYING; DENMARK; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; LACTATION; LINEAR MODELS; MASTITIS, BOVINE; PARITY; PHENOTYPE;

EID: 1542649384     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(03)73979-4     Document Type: Article

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