Short communication: Genetic analysis of nonreturn rate and mastitis in first-lactation Norwegian Red cows

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 89, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 4420-4423

  Heringstad, B ^a,b   Andersen Ranberg, I M ^b   Chang, Y M ^c   Gianola, D ^a,c  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b GENO Breeding and AI Association   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Female fertility; Genetic correlation; Mastitis; Multivariate threshold model

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750587816     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(06)72489-4     Document Type: Article

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