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Investigation of major gene for milk yield, milking speed, dry matter intake, and body weight in dairy cattle.
Journal of applied genetics - 1 Jan 2006
Karacaören Burak, Kadarmideen Haja N, Janss Luc L G
Abstract excerpt
The main aim of this study was to determine if there exist any major gene for milk yield (MY), milking speed (MS), dry matter intake (DMI), and body weight (BW) recorded at various stages of lactation in first-lactation dairy cows (2543 observations from 320 cows) kept at the research farm of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology between April 1994 and April 2004. Data were modelled based a simple...
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