Associations between genetic merit for milk production and animal parameters and the fertility performance of dairy cows

Animal

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 29-43

  Mackey, D R ^a   Gordon, A W ^b   McCoy, M A ^a   Verner, M ^a   Mayne, C S ^a  

^a AGRI FOOD AND BIOSCIENCES INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b Biometrics Division   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dairy cows; Fertility; Genetic merit; Production

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL GENETICS; ANIMAL REPRODUCTIVE PROCEDURES; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAIRY CATTLE; DAIRY INDUSTRY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HERD; MALE; MILK PRODUCTION; MILK YIELD; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 33947391336     PISSN: 17517311     EISSN: 1751732X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1751731107257921     Document Type: Article

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