Selection on yield and fitness traits when culling Holsteins during the first three lactations

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 1008-1020

  Norman, H D ^a   Hutchison, J L ^a   Wright, J R ^a   Kuhn, M T ^a   Lawlor, T J ^b  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b Holstein Association USA Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Culling; Fitness trait; Selection; Yield trait

Indexed keywords

FAT; MILK PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CELL COUNT; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; LACTATION; MALE; MILK; PARITY; PREGNANCY; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CELL COUNT; FATS; FEMALE; FERTILITY; LACTATION; MALE; MILK; MILK PROTEINS; PARITY; PREGNANCY; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE; SELECTION (GENETICS);

EID: 34247844477     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(07)71586-2     Document Type: Article

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