Short communication: Heritability of milk fatty acid composition and stearoyl-CoA desaturase indices in dairy cows

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 93, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1743-1748

  Garnsworthy, P C ^a   Feng, S ^a   Lock, A L ^b   Royal, M D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dairy cow; Desaturase enzyme; Heritability; Milk fatty acid

Indexed keywords

ACYL COENZYME A DESATURASE; FATTY ACID;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CATTLE; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; LACTATION; METABOLISM; MILK; UDDER;

ANIMALS; BREEDING; CATTLE; FATTY ACIDS; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIATION; LACTATION; MAMMARY GLANDS, ANIMAL; MILK; STEAROYL-COA DESATURASE;

BOS; FRIESIA;

EID: 77949994498     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2009-2695     Document Type: Article

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