Genetic analysis of milk urea nitrogen and relationships with yield and fertility across lactation

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 94, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 5665-5672

  Mucha, S ^a,b   Strandberg, E ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b POZNA UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Poland)

Author keywords

Cow fertility; Milk urea nitrogen; Multi trait; Random regression

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CHEMISTRY; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GENETICS; LACTATION; MILK; PHENOTYPE; PREGNANCY; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; FEMALE; FERTILITY; LACTATION; MILK; NITROGEN; PHENOTYPE; PREGNANCY; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 80054899434     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2010-3916     Document Type: Article

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