Environmental effects on lactation curves included in a test-day model genetic evaluation

Animal

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 344-353

  Leclerc, H ^a   Duclos, D ^a   Barbat, A ^a   Druet, T ^a   Ducrocq, V ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Dairy cows; Environmental factors; Genetic evaluation; Lactation curve; Test day model

Indexed keywords

BOS;

EID: 43049085204     PISSN: 17517311     EISSN: 1751732X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S175173110700119X     Document Type: Article

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