Genetic components of days open under heat stress

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 87, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 3022-3028

  Oseni, S ^a   Misztal, I ^a   Tsuruta, S ^a   Rekaya, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Days open; Heat stress index; Random regression model; Reaction norm

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

EID: 4544302746     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(04)73434-7     Document Type: Article

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