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Genetic evaluation of dairy sires for milking duration using electronically recorded milking times of their daughters.
Journal of dairy science - 1 Mar 2005
Zwald N R, Weigel K A, Chang Y M, Welper R D, Clay J S
Abstract excerpt
The potential of using electronically recorded data from on-farm milking parlor and herd management software programs for genetic evaluation of dairy sires for milking duration of their daughters was assessed in the present study. Single measurements of milking duration were collected weekly from 29 herds between June 1, 2003 and April 1, 2004. These included 73,547 observations corresponding to 10,152 Holstein...
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