Test-day milk yield as a selection criterion for dairy buffaloes (Bubalus bubalis Artiodactyla, Bovidae)

Genetics and Molecular Biology

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 674-679

  Tonhati, Humberto ^a   Cerón Muñoz, Mário Fernando ^b   de Oliveira, João Ademir ^a   El Faro, Lenira ^c   Lima, André Luís Ferreira ^a   de Albuquerque, Lucia Galvão ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE ANTIOQUIA   (Colombia)

^c AGÊNCIA PAULISTA DE TECNOLOGIA DOS AGRONEGÓCIOS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Genetic correlations; Genetic parameters; Heritability; Selection efficiency

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIVARIATE ANALYSIS; BRAZIL; BUFFALO; CATTLE FARMING; CONTROLLED STUDY; COVARIANCE; CRITERION VARIABLE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GENETIC PARAMETERS; HERITABILITY; LACTATION; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MILK PRODUCTION; MILK YIELD; NATURAL SELECTION; NONHUMAN; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANIMALIA; ARTIODACTYLA; BOVIDAE; BUBALUS; BUBALUS BUBALIS;

EID: 55349130299     PISSN: 14154757     EISSN: 16784685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1415-47572008000400012     Document Type: Article

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