A Bayesian threshold-normal mixture model for analysis of a continuous mastitis-related trait

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 88, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 2652-2659

  Odegard J ^a   Madsen, P ^b   Gianola, D ^a,c   Klemetsdal, G ^a   Jensen, J ^b   Heringstad, B ^a   Korsgaard, I R ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b DANISH INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian methods; Mastitis; Mixture model; Somatic cell score

Indexed keywords

EID: 22944487629     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(05)72942-8     Document Type: Article

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