Prediction of liveweight of cows from type traits and its relationship with production and fitness traits

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 97, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 3173-3189

  Haile Mariam, M ^a,b   Gonzalez Recio, O ^a,b   Pryce, J E ^a,b  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fitness; Genetic correlation; Liveweight; Production; Type traits

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; AUSTRALIA; BIOMETRY; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; BOVINE; BREEDING; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GENETICS; LACTATION; MILK; PHENOTYPE; PROCEDURES; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; REPRODUCIBILITY; UDDER;

ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; BIOMETRY; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; BREEDING; CATTLE; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; FERTILITY; LACTATION; MAMMARY GLANDS, ANIMAL; MILK; PHENOTYPE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 84898799084     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2013-7516     Document Type: Article

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