Environmental sensitivity in New Zealand dairy cattle

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 1538-1547

  Bryant, J R ^a   Lopez Villalobos N ^a   Pryce, J E ^b   Holmes, C W ^a   Johnson, D L ^b   Garrick, D J ^a,c  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b LIVESTOCK IMPROVEMENT CORPORATION   (New Zealand)

^c Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

Author keywords

Clustering; Genotype by environment interaction; Multibreed

Indexed keywords

BOS;

EID: 35748981772     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(07)71639-9     Document Type: Article

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