Genetic improvement in mastitis control programmes

Mastitis in Dairy Production: Current Knowledge and Future Solutions

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 115-122

  Veerkamp, R F ^a   De Haas, Y ^b  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Genetic selection; Genomics; Heritability; Proteomics

Indexed keywords

EID: 58249095843     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.3920/978-90-8686-550-5     Document Type: Chapter

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