Inferring relationships between somatic cell score and milk yield using simultaneous and recursive models

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 90, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 3508-3521

  Wu, X L ^a   Heringstad, B ^b,c   Chang, Y M ^d   De Los Campos, G ^a   Gianola, D ^a,b,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^c GENO Breeding and AI Association   (Norway)

^d ST JAMES S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Mastitis; Milk yield; Monte Carlo method; Structural equation model

Indexed keywords

EID: 35748933477     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2006-762     Document Type: Article

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