Relationship between body condition score and health traits in first-lactation Canadian Holsteins

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 95, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 6770-6780

  Loker, S ^a,g   Miglior, F ^b,c   Koeck, A ^a   Neuenschwander, T F O ^d   Bastin, C ^e   Jamrozik, J ^a   Schaeffer, L R ^a   Kelton, D ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^c CANADIAN DAIRY NETWORK   (Canada)

^d LINEAR SA   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^f UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^g LIVESTOCK IMPROVEMENT CORPORATION   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Body condition score; Genetic correlation; Health trait; Random regression model

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BOVINE MASTITIS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DAIRYING; FEMALE; GENETICS; HEALTH STATUS; KETOACIDOSIS; LACTATION; PARTURIENT PARESIS; PREGNANCY; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; RUMINANT STOMACH; STANDARD;

ABOMASUM; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DAIRYING; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; KETOSIS; LACTATION; MASTITIS, BOVINE; PARTURIENT PARESIS; PREGNANCY; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84867741269     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2012-5612     Document Type: Article

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