Longitudinal analysis of clinical mastitis at different stages of lactation in Norwegian Cattle

Livestock Production Science

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 251-261

  Chang, Yu Mei ^a   Gianola, Daniel ^a,b   Heringstad, Bjørg ^b   Klemetsdal, Gunnar ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Clinical mastitis; Longitudinal threshold model; Pseudo Bayes factor; Residual analysis

Indexed keywords

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EID: 2942568522     PISSN: 03016226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.livprodsci.2003.11.007     Document Type: Article

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