Comparison between a weibull proportional hazards model and a linear model for predicting the genetic merit of US Jersey sires for daughter longevity

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 87, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1469-1476

  Caraviello, D Z ^a   Weigel, K A ^a   Gianola, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Dairy cattle; Longevity; Proportional hazards; Survival analysis

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS;

EID: 3142567227     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(04)73298-1     Document Type: Article

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