Genetic analysis of somatic cell score in danish holsteins using a liability-normal mixture model

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 91, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 4355-4364

  Madsen, P ^a   Shariati, M M ^a,b   Odegard J ^c,d  

^a DANISH INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Denmark)

^b University of Yasuj   (Iran)

^c NOFIMA   (Norway)

^d NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Bayesian method; Mastitis; Mixture model; Somatic cell score

Indexed keywords

EID: 55849110861     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2008-1128     Document Type: Article

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