Consistency of maturity rate for milk yield across countries and generations

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 90, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 3937-3944

  Norman, H D ^a   Wright, J R ^a   Powell, R L ^a   VanRaden, P M ^a   Miglior, F ^b,c   De Jong, G ^d  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b SHERBROOKE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTRE   (Canada)

^c CANADIAN DAIRY NETWORK   (Canada)

^d Nederlands Rundvee Syndicaat (NRS)   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Genetic evaluation; Maturity rate; Milk yield; Parity

Indexed keywords

EID: 35748933479     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2006-890     Document Type: Article

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