Genetic and phenotypic parameters for conformation and yield traits in three Swiss dairy cattle breeds

Journal of Animal Breeding and Genetics

Volumn 124, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 12-19

  De Haas, Y ^a,c   Janss, L L G ^a   Kadarmideen, Haja N ^a,b  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c NRS   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Conformation traits; Genetic parameters; Milk yield; Somatic cell score

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY CONSTITUTION; CATTLE; CHEMISTRY; DAIRYING; FEMALE; GENETICS; LACTATION; METHODOLOGY; MILK; MORPHOMETRICS; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SWITZERLAND; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; CATTLE; DAIRYING; FEMALE; LACTATION; MILK; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PHENOTYPE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SWITZERLAND;

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EID: 33846931066     PISSN: 09312668     EISSN: 14390388     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0388.2007.00630.x     Document Type: Article

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