Evaluation of autoregressive covariance structures for test-day records of Holstein cows: Estimates of parameters

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 88, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 2632-2642

  Sawalha, R M ^a   Keown, J F ^a   Kachman, S D ^a   Van Vleck, L D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b U S MEAT ANIMAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Autoregressive co variance; Milk yield; Test day

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

EID: 22944442232     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(05)72940-4     Document Type: Article

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