Genetic analyses of fertility and predictor traits in Holstein herds with low and high mean calving intervals and in Jersey herds

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 655-667

  Haile Mariam, M ^a,b   Bowman, P J ^a,b   Pryce, J E ^a,b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

^b University of Melbourne   (Australia)

Author keywords

Breeding value; Correlation; Fertility trait; Predictor

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CATTLE; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GENETICS; LACTATION; PREGNANCY; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT;

ANIMALS; BREEDING; CATTLE; FEMALE; FERTILITY; LACTATION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE;

HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 4;

EID: 84871611856     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2012-5671     Document Type: Article

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