Non-lactational traits of importance in dairy cows and applications for emerging biotechnologies

New Zealand Veterinary Journal

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 406-415

  Lucy, M C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Artificial insemination; DNA; Expressed sequence tag; Genotype; Growth; Mastitis; Microarray; Mrna; Non lactational trait; Phenotype; Quantitative trait loci; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BIOTECHNOLOGY; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY WEIGHT; BREEDING; CATTLE; CROSS BREEDING; FEMALE; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; GENOMICS; GENOTYPE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY WEIGHT; BREEDING; CATTLE; CROSSES, GENETIC; FEMALE; GENOMICS; GENOTYPE; MALE; PHENOTYPE; SELECTION (GENETICS);

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE;

EID: 28844437844     PISSN: 00480169     EISSN: 11760710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00480169.2005.36585     Document Type: Article

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