Estimation of (Co)variances of test day yields for first lactation holsteins in the United States

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 1999, Pages

  Gengler, N ^a,b   Tijani, A ^b   Wiggans, G R ^c   Van Tassell, C P ^c   Philpot, J C ^c  

^a Fonds National Belge de la Recherche Scientifique   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^c AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

(Co)variance component estimation; Heritability; Multitrait evaluation; Test day model

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872831957     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(99)75227-6     Document Type: Article

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