International genetic evaluations for feed intake in dairy cattle through the collation of data from multiple sources

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 97, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 3894-3905

  Berry, D P ^a   Coffey, M P ^b   Pryce, J E ^c   de Haas, Y ^d   Lovendahl P ^e   Krattenmacher, N ^f   Crowley, J J ^g   Wang, Z ^g   Spurlock, D ^h   Weigel, K ⁱ   Macdonald, K ^j   Veerkamp, R F ^d  

^a ANIMAL AND GRASSLAND RESEARCH AND INNOVATION CENTRE   (Ireland)

^b SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^c LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^f UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^h IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^j DAIRYNZ   (New Zealand)

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Author keywords

Confinement; Feed intake; Grazing; Heritability; International collaboration

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; AUSTRALIA; BOVINE; BREEDING; DAIRYING; EUROPE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; LACTATION; NORTH AMERICA; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; BREEDING; CATTLE; DAIRYING; EUROPE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; LACTATION; NORTH AMERICA; PHENOTYPE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 84901003451     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2013-7548     Document Type: Article

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