Genomic selection using indicator traits to reduce the environmental impact of milk production

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 96, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 5306-5314

  Hansen Axelsson, H ^a   Fikse, W F ^a   Kargo, M ^b,c   Sorensen A C ^b   Johansson, K ^d   Rydhmer, L ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c Knowledge Centre for Agriculture   (Denmark)

^d Va and odie xa Sweden   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Dairy cattle; Genomic selection; Indicator trait; Methane mitigation

Indexed keywords

METHANE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; BREEDING; CATTLE; DAIRY CATTLE; DAIRYING; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; GENETICS; GENOMIC SELECTION; INDICATOR TRAIT; LACTATION; METHANE MITIGATION; METHODOLOGY; MILK; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; SECRETION (PROCESS); STATISTICS;

DAIRY CATTLE; GENOMIC SELECTION; INDICATOR TRAIT; METHANE MITIGATION;

ANIMALS; BREEDING; CATTLE; DAIRYING; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; LACTATION; METHANE; MILK; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES;

BOS;

EID: 84880595809     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2012-6041     Document Type: Article

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