Factors that cause genotype by environment interaction and use of a multiple-trait herd-cluster model for milk yield of Holstein cattle from Brazil and Colombia

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 87, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 2687-2692

  Ceron Munoz M F ^a   Tonhati, H ^b   Costa, C N ^c   Rojas Sarmiento, D ^d   Echeverri Echeverri, D M ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE ANTIOQUIA   (Colombia)

^b SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^c EMBRAPA CERRADOS   (Brazil)

^d Asociacion Holstein de Colombia   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Cluster analysis; Dairy cattle; Genotype by environment; Milk yield

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS;

EID: 4243133679     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(04)73395-0     Document Type: Article

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