Genetic parameters for test day somatic cell score in Brazilian Holstein cattle

Genetics and Molecular Research

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 19117-19127

  Costa, C N ^a   Santos, G G ^a   Cobuci, J A ^b   Thompson, G ^c,d   Carvalheira, J G V ^c,d  

^a EMBRAPA CERRADOS   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^d CENTRO DE INVESTIGAÇÃO EM BIODIVERSIDADE E RECURSOS GENÉTICOS   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Dairy cattle; Genetic correlation; Heritability; Random regression; Somatic cell count

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; BREEDING; BULL (BOVINE); CALF (BOVINE); CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE RESISTANCE; FEMALE; GENETIC CORRELATION; GENETIC PARAMETERS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HERITABILITY; HOLSTEIN CATTLE; LACTATION; MALE; MASTITIS; NONHUMAN; SOMATIC CELL; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BOVINE; CELL COUNT; CYTOLOGY; DAIRYING; GENETICS; HUMAN; MASTITIS, BOVINE; MILK; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TIME FACTOR;

ANIMALS; BRAZIL; BREEDING; CATTLE; CELL COUNT; DAIRYING; DISEASE RESISTANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LACTATION; MALE; MASTITIS, BOVINE; MILK; MODELS, GENETIC; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84952662469     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16765680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4238/2015.December.29.21     Document Type: Article

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