Use of (co)variance functions to describe (co)variances for test day yield

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 226.e1-226.e14

  Tijani, A ^a   Wiggans, G R ^b   Van Tassell, C P ^b   Philpot, J C ^b   Gengler, N ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^c Fonds National Belge de la Recherche Scientifique   (Belgium)

Author keywords

(Co)variance function; Test day model; Variance component estimation

Indexed keywords

EID: 22444452172     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(99)75228-8     Document Type: Article

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