Merging and characterising phenotypic data on conventional and rare traits from dairy cattle experimental resources in three countries

Animal

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1040-1048

  Banos, G ^a,b   Coffey, M P ^b   Veerkamp, R F ^c   Berry, D P ^d   Wall, E ^b  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d ANIMAL AND GRASSLAND RESEARCH AND INNOVATION CENTRE   (Ireland)

Author keywords

dairy genetics; dry matter intake; experimental resources; merging phenotypes

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CATTLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EATING; FEMALE; GENETICS; INFORMATION PROCESSING; IRELAND; METHODOLOGY; MILK; NETHERLANDS; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CATTLE; DATA COLLECTION; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; EATING; FEMALE; IRELAND; LINEAR MODELS; MILK; NETHERLANDS; PHENOTYPE; SCOTLAND;

ANIMALIA; BOS;

EID: 84861884687     PISSN: 17517311     EISSN: 1751732X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1751731111002655     Document Type: Article

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