Animal factors affecting fatty acid composition of cow milk fat: A review

South African Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 83-100

  Samkova E ^a   Spicka J ^a   Pesek M ^a   Pelikanova T ^a   Hanus O ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

^b Research Institute for Cattle Breeding   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Breed; Genetic correlations; Heritability; Milk and fat yield; Parity; Single nucleotide polymorphism; Stage of lactation

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84866859330     PISSN: 03751589     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/sajas.v42i2.1     Document Type: Review

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