Statistical evaluation of factors and interactions affecting Dairy Herd Improvement milk urea nitrogen in commercial midwest dairy herds

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 88, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 3020-3035

  Wattiaux, M A ^a   Nordheim, E V ^b   Crump, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b University of Wisconsin   (United States)

Author keywords

Dairy Herd Improvement; Environment; Hierarchical backward elimination; Nitrogen

Indexed keywords

EID: 23244435558     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(05)72982-9     Document Type: Article

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