Analysis of the relationship between workability traits and functional longevity in Canadian dairy breeds

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 93, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 4359-4365

  Sewalem, A ^a,b   Miglior, F ^a,b   Kistemaker, G J ^b  

^a AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^b CANADIAN DAIRY NETWORK   (Canada)

Author keywords

Milking speed; Milking temperament; Relative risk of culling; Survival analysis

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS;

EID: 77955596743     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2009-2969     Document Type: Article

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