Genetic evaluation of length of productive life in the Spanish Holstein-Friesian population. Model validation and genetic parameters estimation

Livestock Science

Volumn 106, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 120-131

  Chirinos, Zuleima ^a   Carabaño, María Jesús ^b   Hernández, Delfino ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DEL ZULIA   (Venezuela)

^b INIA   (Spain)

^c CONAFE ^*  (Spain)

Author keywords

Dairy cattle; Genetic evaluation; Length of productive life; Survival analysis

Indexed keywords

BOS TAURUS; FRIESIA;

EID: 33845959218     PISSN: 18711413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.livsci.2006.07.006     Document Type: Article

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