Factors affecting the functional length of productive life in Slovak Pinzgau cows

Czech Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 91-97

  Mészáros, Gábor ^a   Wolf, J ^b   Kadlecik O ^a  

^a SLOVAK UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE IN NITRA   (Slovakia)

^b INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL SCIENCE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Cattle; Functional traits; Longevity; Risk ratio; Survival analysis

Indexed keywords

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EID: 41749102894     PISSN: 12121819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17221/2712-cjas     Document Type: Article

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