Heritabilities and genetic correlations of body condition score and calving interval with yield, somatic cell score, and linear type traits in brown swiss cattle

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 90, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 5737-5743

  Dal Zotto, R ^a   De Marchi, M ^a   Dalvit, C ^a   Cassandro, M ^a   Gallo, L ^a   Carnier, P ^a   Bittante, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Body condition score; Fertility; Genetic correlation; Heritability

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS;

EID: 37149006341     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2007-0280     Document Type: Article

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