Identification of sources of heterogeneous residual and genetic variances in milk yield data from the Spanish Holstein-Friesian population and impact on genetic evaluation

Livestock Production Science

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 33-49

  Ibanez M A ^a   Carabano M J ^b   Alenda, R ^a  

^a Electrotechnical Section   (Spain)

^b Depto Mejora Genetica Biotecnologia   (Spain)

Author keywords

Dairy cattle; Genetic evaluations; Heterogeneous variances; Milk yield

Indexed keywords

EID: 18544400754     PISSN: 03016226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-6226(99)00006-8     Document Type: Article

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