Genetic relationship between culling, milk production, fertility, and health traits in Norwegian red cows

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 91, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 4006-4012

  Holtsmark, M ^a   Heringstad, B ^a,b   Madsen, P ^c   Odegard J ^a,d  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b GENO Breeding and AI Association   (Norway)

^c DANISH INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Denmark)

^d NOFIMA   (Norway)

Author keywords

Culling; Fertility; Genetic correlation; Health

Indexed keywords

BOS;

EID: 54049138842     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2007-0816     Document Type: Article

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