Characterization of the dairy farm environment in Great Britain and the effect of the farm environment on cow life span

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 90, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 5316-5323

  Haskell, M J ^a   Brotherstone, S ^a,b   Lawrence, A B ^a   White, I M S ^b  

^a SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Genotype environment interaction; Herd environment; Life span

Indexed keywords

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EID: 41449099313     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2006-865     Document Type: Article

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