The accuracy of seven mathematical functions in modeling dairy cattle lactation curves based on test-day records from varying sample schemes

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 89, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1813-1821

  Silvestre, A M ^a   Petim Batista, F ^a   Colaco J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRÁS OS MONTES AND ALTO DOURO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Dairy cow; Lactation curve

Indexed keywords

BOS TAURUS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CATTLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; LACTATION; MATHEMATICS; PHYSIOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; FEMALE; LACTATION; MATHEMATICS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 33745885949     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(06)72250-0     Document Type: Article

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