Genomic selection for producer-recorded health event data in US dairy cattle

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 97, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 3190-3199

  Parker Gaddis, K L ^a   Cole, J B ^b   Clay, J S ^c   Maltecca, C ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^c Dairy Records Management Systems   (United States)

Author keywords

Dairy cattle; Genomic selection; Health

Indexed keywords

BOS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL LAMENESS; BOVINE; BOVINE MASTITIS; BREEDING; CATTLE DISEASE; DAIRYING; ECONOMICS; ENDOMETRITIS; FEMALE; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; GENOMICS; KETOACIDOSIS; MILK; PARITY; PEDIGREE; PHENOTYPE; PREGNANCY; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; REPRODUCIBILITY; RETAINED PLACENTA; UNITED STATES; VETERINARY;

ANIMALS; BREEDING; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DAIRYING; ENDOMETRITIS; FEMALE; GENOMICS; KETOSIS; LAMENESS, ANIMAL; MASTITIS, BOVINE; MILK; PARITY; PEDIGREE; PHENOTYPE; PLACENTA, RETAINED; PREGNANCY; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELECTION, GENETIC; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84899070158     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2013-7543     Document Type: Article

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