A teleonomic model describing performance (body, milk and intake) during growth and over repeated reproductive cycles throughout the lifespan of dairy cattle. 1. Trajectories of life function priorities and genetic scaling

Animal

Volumn 4, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2030-2047

  Martin, O ^a   Sauvant, D ^a  

^a INRA Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique   (France)

Author keywords

body reserves; dairy cow; gestation; lactation; teleonomic model

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 78650514477     PISSN: 17517311     EISSN: 1751732X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1751731110001357     Document Type: Article

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