Genetic parameters of total milk yield and factors describing the shape of lactation curve in dairy buffaloes

Journal of Dairy Research

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 60-65

  Aspilcueta Borquis, Rúsbel R ^a   Baldi, Fernando ^a   Araujo Neto, Francisco R ^a   Albuquerque, Lucia G ^a,b   Muñoz Berrocal, Milthon ^c   Tonhati, Humberto ^a,b  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b Instituto Nacional de Ciência e Tecnologia Ciência Animal INCT CA   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AGRARIA DE LA SELVA   (Peru)

Author keywords

buffaloes; genetic parameters; Gibbs sampler; milk yield; Multivariate analysis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; BUFFALO; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEMALE; GENETICS; LACTATION; MILK; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BAYES THEOREM; BUFFALOES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; LACTATION; MILK;

ANIMALIA; BUBALUS;

EID: 84858780430     PISSN: 00220299     EISSN: 14697629     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022029911000823     Document Type: Article

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