Study on functional longevity of Tunisian Holstein dairy cattle using a Weibull proportional hazard model

Livestock Science

Volumn 132, Issue 1-3, 2010, Pages 173-176

  M'hamdi, Naceur ^a   Aloulou, Rafik ^a   Bouallegue, Mahdi ^b   Brar, Satinder K ^c   Hamouda, Mohamed Ben ^d  

^a Ecole Superieure d'Horticulture et d'Elevage de Chott Mariem   (Tunisia)

^b FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES DE TUNIS   (Tunisia)

^c INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE   (Canada)

^d National Center of Zoosanitary Vigilance   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Heritability; Holstein cow; Length of productive life; Survival analysis; Tunisia; Weibull model

Indexed keywords

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EID: 77954660706     PISSN: 18711413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.livsci.2010.05.011     Document Type: Article

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