Genetics of parity-dependent production increase and its relationship with health, fertility, longevity, and conformation in Swiss Holsteins

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 88, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1540-1551

  Neuenschwander, T ^a   Kadarmideen, H N ^a   Wegmann, S ^b   De Haas, Y ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b Holstein Association of Switzerland   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Conformation; Functional trait; Maturity rate; Production increase

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

AGING; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BREEDING; CATTLE; CELL COUNT; CYTOLOGY; DAIRYING; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HEALTH STATUS; HISTOLOGY; LACTATION; LONGEVITY; MALE; MILK; PARITY; PHYSIOLOGY; SECRETION; SWITZERLAND;

AGING; ANIMALS; BREEDING; CATTLE; CELL COUNT; DAIRYING; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HEALTH STATUS; LACTATION; LONGEVITY; MALE; MILK; MODELS, GENETIC; PARITY; SELECTION (GENETICS); SWITZERLAND; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 23344441456     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(05)72823-X     Document Type: Article

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