Udder health shows inbreeding depression in Danish Holsteins

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 89, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 4077-4082

  Sorensen A C ^a,b   Madsen, P ^a   Sorensen M K ^a   Berg, P ^a  

^a DANISH INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Inbreeding depression; Mastitis; Somatic cell count; Udder health

Indexed keywords

EID: 33749390990     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(06)72452-3     Document Type: Article

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