Joint analysis of quantitative trait loci for clinical mastitis and somatic cell score on five chromosomes in three nordic dairy cattle breeds

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 90, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 5282-5290

  Lund, M S ^a   Sahana, G ^a   Andersson Eklund, L ^b   Hastings, N ^c   Fernandez, A ^b   Schulman, N ^d   Thomson, B ^a   Viitala, S ^d   Williams, J L ^c,f   Sabry, A ^a   Viinalass, H ^e   Vilkki, J ^d  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^e ESTONIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Estonia)

^f PARCO TECNOLOGICO PADANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dairy cattle; Mastitis; Quantitative trait loci; Somatic cell score

Indexed keywords

BOS; BOS TAURUS;

EID: 41449083468     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2007-0177     Document Type: Article

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