Health recording in Canadian Holsteins: Data and genetic parameters

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 95, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 4099-4108

  Koeck, A ^a   Miglior, F ^b,c   Kelton, D F ^d   Schenkel, F S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^c CANADIAN DAIRY NETWORK   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Data quality; Genetic parameter; Heath trait; Producer recorded data

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CANADA; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; DAIRYING; GENETICS; INFORMATION PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; PEDIGREE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; STATISTICS; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

ANIMALS; BREEDING; CANADA; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DAIRYING; PEDIGREE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE; RECORDS AS TOPIC; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

EID: 84862548945     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2011-5127     Document Type: Article

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