Associations of serologically defined BoLA class I alleles with milk production traits in three Swiss cattle breeds

Livestock Production Science

Volumn 45, Issue 2-3, 1996, Pages 163-169

  Arriens M A ^a,b   Hofer, A ^c   Obexer Ruff, G ^a   Lazary, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b INSTITUTE OF VIROLOGY AND IMMUNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

BoLA A region; Gene substitution; Milk production

Indexed keywords

EID: 26744440481     PISSN: 03016226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0301-6226(96)00008-5     Document Type: Article

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