Genetic analysis of several economically important disease traits in German Holstein cows

Archiv fur Tierzucht

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 209-221

  Hinrichs, Dirk ^a   Stamer, Eckhard ^a   Junge, Wolfgang ^a   Kalm, Ernst ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Disease category; Genetic correlation; Heritability; Lactation threshold model

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745025070     PISSN: 00039438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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