Preliminary genetic analyses of voluntarily supplied disease data in Australian dairy herds

Animal Production Science

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 186-192

  Haile Mariam, M ^a   Goddard, M E ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australian profit ranking; Disease incidence; Heritability; Udder health

Indexed keywords

CATTLE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DAIRY FARMING; DATABASE; DISEASE INCIDENCE; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HEALTH POLICY; HERITABILITY; MILK PRODUCTION;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 77950788266     PISSN: 18360939     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/AN09113     Document Type: Article

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