Heritability and correlations for body condition score and dairy form within and across lactation and age

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 717-728

  Dechow, C D ^a   Rogers, G W ^a   Klei, L ^b   Lawlor, T J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b Holstein Association USA Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Body condition score; Dairy form; Random regression

Indexed keywords

AGING; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BREEDING; CATTLE; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HISTOLOGY; LACTATION; MALE; MATHEMATICS; PHENOTYPE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

AGING; ANIMALS; BODY COMPOSITION; BREEDING; CATTLE; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; LACTATION; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PHENOTYPE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 3142776545     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(04)73215-4     Document Type: Article

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