Lactation curve models for estimating gene effects over a timeline

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 442-449

  Strucken, E M ^a,b   de Koning, D J ^b   Rahmatalla, S A ^a   Brockmann, G A ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dairy cow; DGAT1; Gene effect; Lactation curve model

Indexed keywords

DIACYLGLYCEROL ACYLTRANSFERASE; MILK PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CATTLE; CHEMISTRY; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; LACTATION; MILK; SECRETION;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; DIACYLGLYCEROL O-ACYLTRANSFERASE; DIETARY FATS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; LACTATION; MILK; MILK PROTEINS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

BOS; FRIESIA;

EID: 78650319574     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2009-2932     Document Type: Article

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