Analysis of fertility and dystocia in holsteins using recursive models to handle censored and categorical data

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 2012-2024

  Lopez De Maturana E ^a   Legarra, A ^b   Varona, L ^c   Ugarte, E ^a  

^a NEIKER and a Vaccine producing Commercial Company CZVSL   (Spain)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

^c Centra UdL IRTA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Dystocia; Fertility; Genetic parameter; Recursive model

Indexed keywords

EID: 35748978516     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2005-442     Document Type: Article

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