Characterization of French dairy farm environments from herd-test-day profiles

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 95, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 4085-4098

  Huquet, B ^a,b   Leclerc, H ^b   Ducrocq, V ^a  

^a UMR1313 GÉNÉTIQUE ANIMALE ET BIOLOGIE INTÉGRATIVE   (France)

^b Institut de l'Elevage   (France)

Author keywords

Genotype by environment interaction; Herd environment; Herd test day

Indexed keywords

FAT; MILK PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CATTLE; CHEMISTRY; DAIRYING; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; FRANCE; GENOTYPE; LACTATION; METHODOLOGY; MILK; SECRETION (PROCESS); STANDARD; STATISTICS;

ANIMALS; BREEDING; CATTLE; DAIRYING; ENVIRONMENT; FATS; FEMALE; FRANCE; GENOTYPE; LACTATION; MILK; MILK PROTEINS;

EID: 84862532707     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2011-5001     Document Type: Article

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