Genetic associations of ketosis and displaced abomasum with milk production traits in early first lactation of Canadian Holsteins

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 96, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 4688-4696

  Koeck, A ^a   Miglior, F ^b,c   Jamrozik, J ^a   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

Displaced abomasum; Genetic correlation; Ketosis; Milk production

Indexed keywords

FAT; MILK PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CANADA; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; CHEMISTRY; FEMALE; GENETICS; KETOACIDOSIS; LACTATION; MILK; PHENOTYPE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; RUMINANT STOMACH; STOMACH DISEASE;

ABOMASUM; ANIMALS; CANADA; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; FATS; FEMALE; KETOSIS; LACTATION; MILK; MILK PROTEINS; PHENOTYPE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE; STOMACH DISEASES;

ANIMALIA; BOS;

EID: 84879302408     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2012-6408     Document Type: Article

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