Marker assisted selection of heifers improved milk somatic cell count compared to selection on conventional pedigree breeding values

Archiv fur Tierzucht

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 23-32

  Kühn, Christa ^a   Reinhardt, Friedrich ^a,b   Schwerin, Manfred ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR FARM ANIMAL BIOLOGY FBN   (Germany)

^b VIT Verden   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cattle; Marker assisted selection; Mastitis; QTL; Somatic cell score

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS; BOVINAE;

EID: 40449123141     PISSN: 00039438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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