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Within-herd effects of age at test day and lactation stage on test-day yields.
Journal of dairy science - 1 Nov 2003
Bormann J, Wiggans G R, Druet T, Gengler N
Abstract excerpt
Variance ratios were estimated for random within-herd effects of age at test day and lactation stage, on test-day yield and somatic cell score to determine whether including these effects would improve the accuracy of estimation. Test-day data starting with 1990 calvings for the entire US Jersey population and Holsteins from California, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, and Texas were analyzed. Test-day yields were...
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