Effect of length of productive life on genetic trend of milk production and profitability: A simulation study

African Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 9, Issue 20, 2010, Pages 3000-3010

  Honarvar, M ^a   Nejati Javaremi, A ^a   Miraei Ashtiani, S R ^a   Dehghan Banadaki, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Genetic trend; Herds simulation; Length of productive life (LPL); Profitability

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CATTLE; CATTLE FARMING; COST MINIMIZATION ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FOOD INTAKE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HERD; LACTATION; LENGTH OF PRODUCTIVE LIFE; MILK PRODUCTION; NONHUMAN; PEDIGREE; PROFIT; SIMULATION; STOCHASTIC MODEL; TREND STUDY;

ANIMALIA; BOS;

EID: 77952949773     PISSN: 16845315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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