Economic evaluation of the breeding goal for Norwegian red dairy cattle

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 418-426

  Steinest, G ^a,b   Kristofersson, D ^b,c   Guttormsen, A G ^a  

^a NOFIMA   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Breeding goal; Panel data; Production function

Indexed keywords

BOS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BREEDING; CATTLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; MALE; NORWAY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; BREEDING; CATTLE; FEMALE; MALE; MODELS, ECONOMIC; MODELS, GENETIC; NORWAY; SELECTION (GENETICS);

EID: 38949150844     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2006-747     Document Type: Article

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