Poisson versus threshold models for genetic analysis of clinical mastitis in US Holsteins

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 92, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 5239-5247

  Vazquez, A I ^a   Weigel, K A ^a   Gianola, D ^a,b   Bates, D M ^c   Perez Cabal, M A ^d   Rosa, G J M ^a   Chang, Y M ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c University of Wisconsin   (United States)

^d UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Mastitis; Ordinal threshold model; Poisson model; Probit model

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

EID: 70349931450     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2009-2085     Document Type: Article

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