Genetic analysis of somatic cell scores in US Holsteins with a Bayesian mixture model

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 435-443

  Boettcher, P J ^a   Caraviello, D ^b,c   Gianola, D ^b  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c DOW AGROSCIENCES LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

Mastitis; Mixture model; Somatic cell count

Indexed keywords

BOS;

EID: 35748966444     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(07)72645-0     Document Type: Article

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