Short communication: Genetic relationship between calving traits and body condition score before and after calving in Canadian Ayrshire second-parity cows

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 93, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 4398-4403

  Bastin, C ^a   Loker, S ^b   Gengler, N ^a,c   Sewalem, A ^d,e   Miglior, F ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^c FUND FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (Belgium)

^d AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^e CANADIAN DAIRY NETWORK   (Canada)

Author keywords

Body condition score; Calving ease; Genetic correlation; Stillbirth

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955627665     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2010-3099     Document Type: Article

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