Genetic and environmental relationships between body condition score and milk production traits in Canadian Holsteins

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 410-419

  Loker, S ^a   Bastin, C ^b   Miglior, F ^c,d   Sewalem, A ^c,d   Schaeffer, L R ^a   Jamrozik, J ^a   Ali, A ^e   Osborne, V ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^c AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^d CANADIAN DAIRY NETWORK   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Body condition score; Genetic correlation; Milk production; Random regression model

Indexed keywords

MILK PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY CONSTITUTION; CANADA; CATTLE; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; GENETICS; LACTATION; MILK; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT;

ANIMALS; BODY CONSTITUTION; CANADA; CATTLE; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; LACTATION; MILK; MILK PROTEINS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE;

EID: 84055192727     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2011-4497     Document Type: Article

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