Genotype by environment interaction for milk production traits between organic and conventional dairy cattle production in The Netherlands

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 89, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 2729-2737

  Nauta, W J ^a   Veerkamp, R F ^b   Brascamp, E W ^b   Bovenhuis, H ^b  

^a LOUIS BOLK INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Genotype by environment interaction; Organic dairy production; Somatic cell score

Indexed keywords

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EID: 33745914260     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(06)72349-9     Document Type: Article

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