Genetic parameters for health traits and their relationship to different persistency traits in German Holstein dairy cattle

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 89, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 3202-3212

  Harder, B ^a   Bennewitz, J ^a   Hinrichs, D ^a   Kalm, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dairy cattle; Disease liability; Persistency

Indexed keywords

BOS TAURUS; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 4;

EID: 33644921063     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(06)72595-4     Document Type: Article

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