Identification of informative cooperator herds for progeny testing based on yield deviations

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 94, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 2071-2082

  Schierenbeck, S ^a,b   Reinhardt, F ^b   Reents, R ^b   Simianer, H ^a   Konig S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b Vereinigte Informationssysteme Tierhaltung wV VIT   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KASSEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cooperator herd; Genotype environment interaction; Progeny testing; Yield deviation

Indexed keywords

MILK PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CATTLE; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; LACTATION; METHODOLOGY; MILK; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SECRETION;

ANIMALS; BREEDING; CATTLE; DIETARY FATS; FEMALE; LACTATION; MILK; MILK PROTEINS; REPRODUCTION; SELECTION, GENETIC;

BOS;

EID: 79952748131     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2010-3466     Document Type: Article

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