Genetic relationship between first-lactation body energy and later-life udder health in dairy cattle

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 89, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 2222-2232

  Banos, G ^a   Coffey, M P ^b   Wall, E ^b   Brotherstone, S ^b,c  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dairy cattle; Energy trait; Udder health

Indexed keywords

BOS TAURUS; FRIESIA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY WEIGHT; CALORIC INTAKE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; CELL COUNT; CYTOLOGY; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; GENETICS; LACTATION; MILK; PHYSIOLOGY; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME; UDDER;

ANIMALS; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY WEIGHT; CATTLE; CELL COUNT; ENERGY INTAKE; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; LACTATION; LINEAR MODELS; MAMMARY GLANDS, ANIMAL; MASTITIS, BOVINE; MILK; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33747602328     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(06)72293-7     Document Type: Article

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