Genetic parameters for producer-recorded health data in Canadian Holstein cattle

Animal

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 571-578

  Neuenschwander, T F O ^a,e   Miglior, F ^b,c   Jamrozik, J ^a   Berke, O ^d   Kelton, D F ^d   Schaeffer, L R ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^c CANADIAN DAIRY NETWORK   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^e Linear SA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

binary models; dairy cattle; genetic parameters; health traits

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL LAMENESS; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BOVINE MASTITIS; CANADA; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; ENDOMETRITIS; FEMALE; GENETICS; KETOACIDOSIS; METHODOLOGY; OVARY CYST; PARTURIENT PARESIS; PREGNANCY; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; RETAINED PLACENTA; RUMINANT STOMACH;

ABOMASUM; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; CANADA; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; ENDOMETRITIS; FEMALE; KETOSIS; LAMENESS, ANIMAL; MASTITIS, BOVINE; MODELS, GENETIC; OVARIAN CYSTS; PARTURIENT PARESIS; PLACENTA, RETAINED; PREGNANCY; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE;

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EID: 84857861479     PISSN: 17517311     EISSN: 1751732X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1751731111002059     Document Type: Article

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