Efficiency of different selection criteria for persistency and lactation milk yield

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 87, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1528-1535

  Togashi, K ^a   Lin, C Y ^b  

^a NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER FOR HOKKAIDO REGION   (Japan)

^b SHERBROOKE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Lactation milk; Persistency; Selection criterion; Test day model

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS;

EID: 3142541479     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(04)73304-4     Document Type: Article

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