Selection for female fertility using censored fertility traits and investigation of the relationship with milk production

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 89, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 4438-4444

  Gonzalez Recio O ^a   Alenda, R ^a   Chang, Y M ^b   Weigel, K A ^b   Gianola, D ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Bivariate censored threshold linear model; Fertility; Production

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750603364     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(06)72492-4     Document Type: Article

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