Invited review: Overview of new traits and phenotyping strategies in dairy cattle with a focus on functional traits

Animal

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 191-207

  Egger Danner, C ^a   Cole, J B ^b   Pryce, J E ^c   Gengler, N ^d   Heringstad, B ^e   Bradley, A ^f,g   Stock, K F ^h  

^a ZucbtData EDV Dienstleistungen GmbH   (Austria)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^c LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^e NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^f Quality Milk Management Services Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^h Vereinigte Informationssysteme Tierhaltung WV   (Germany)

Author keywords

dairy cows; functional traits; genomics; novel traits; Phenotypes

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS;

ANIMAL; BOVINE; BREEDING; CLIMATE CHANGE; DAIRYING; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; MEAT; METABOLISM; MILK; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS; UDDER;

ANIMALS; BREEDING; CATTLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DAIRYING; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GENOTYPE; MAMMARY GLANDS, ANIMAL; MEAT; MILK; PHENOTYPE;

EID: 84921506019     PISSN: 17517311     EISSN: 1751732X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1751731114002614     Document Type: Article

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