Impact of maturity rate of daughters on genetic ranking of Holstein bulls

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 88, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 3337-3345

  Norman, H D ^a   Wright, J R ^a   Powell, R L ^a   VanRaden, P M ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Genetic evaluation; Maturity rate; Milk yield; Parity

Indexed keywords

EID: 27544500904     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(05)73017-4     Document Type: Article

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