Genetic analysis of mastitis data with different models

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 471-478

  Hinrichs, D ^a   Bennewitz, J ^b   Stamer, E ^c   Junge, W ^a   Kalm, E ^a   Thaller, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

^c TiDa Tier und Daten GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Lactation threshold model; Mastitis; Multiple threshold lactation model

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BOVINE MASTITIS; CATTLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; LACTATION; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; LACTATION; MASTITIS, BOVINE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL;

EID: 78650386927     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2010-3374     Document Type: Article

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