Genotype by environment interaction for fertility, survival, and milk production traits in Australian dairy cattle

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 91, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 4840-4853

  Haile Mariam, M ^a   Carrick, M J ^a,c   Goddard, M E ^a,b  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c Berghan Carrick Consulting   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fertility; Genotype x environment interaction; Milk production; Survival

Indexed keywords

BOS; FRIESIA;

EID: 57749096118     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2008-1084     Document Type: Article

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