Environmental sensitivity for milk yield in Luxembourg and tunisian Holsteins by herd management level

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 92, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 4604-4612

  Hammami, H ^a,b   Rekik, B ^c   Bastin, C ^a   Soyeurt, H ^a   Bormann, J ^d   Stoll, J ^e   Gengler, N ^a,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b Livestock and Pasture Office   (Tunisia)

^c Higher School of Agriculture of Mateur University of Carthage   (Tunisia)

^d Administration des Services Techniques de l'Agriculture   (Luxembourg)

^e Service Elevage et génétique ^*  (Luxembourg)

^f FUND FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Environmental sensitivity; Genetic correlation; Genotype by environment interaction; Herd management level

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CATTLE; DAIRYING; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; GENETICS; LACTATION; LUXEMBOURG; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MILK; PHYSIOLOGY; SECRETION; TUNISIA;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; DAIRYING; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; LACTATION; LUXEMBOURG; MALE; MILK; TUNISIA;

EID: 70349283594     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2008-1513     Document Type: Article

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