Short communication: Genetic trends of milk yield under heat stress for US Holsteins

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 93, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1754-1758

  Aguilar, I ^a,b   Misztal, I ^a   Tsuruta, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIÓN AGROPECUARIA INIA   (Uruguay)

Author keywords

Dairy cattle; Genetic trend; Heat stress

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BREEDING; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; FEMALE; GENETICS; HEAT; HEAT INJURY; HUMIDITY; LACTATION; MILK; PARITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEASON; SECRETION;

ANIMALS; BREEDING; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; FEMALE; HEAT STRESS DISORDERS; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMIDITY; LACTATION; MILK; MODELS, GENETIC; PARITY; PREGNANCY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEASONS;

ANIMALIA; BOS;

EID: 77949921732     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2009-2756     Document Type: Article

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