Major advances in determining appropriate selection goals

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1349-1361

  Shook, G E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Selection index; Total economic merit

Indexed keywords

BOS TAURUS;

FAT; MILK PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; BREEDING; CATTLE; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; DAIRYING; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; LACTATION; MALE; MILK; PHENOTYPE; PREGNANCY; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; BREEDING; CATTLE; DAIRYING; FATS; FEMALE; GENETIC MARKERS; GENOTYPE; LACTATION; MALE; MILK; MILK PROTEINS; PHENOTYPE; PREGNANCY; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE; REPRODUCTION; SELECTION (GENETICS);

EID: 33646184198     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(06)72202-0     Document Type: Article

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