Associations among descriptors of herd management and phenotypic and genetic levels of health and fertility

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 88, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 2178-2189

  Calus, M P L ^a   Windig, J J ^a   Veerkamp, R F ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Environmental sensitivity; Genotype by environment interaction; Health and fertility traits; Reaction norm model

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOVINAE;

EID: 26444574168     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(05)72893-9     Document Type: Article

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