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Heritability of electronically recorded daily body weight and correlations with yield, dry matter intake, and body condition score.
Journal of dairy science - 1 Aug 2008
Toshniwal J K, Dechow C D, Cassell B G, Appuhamy J A D R N, Varga G A
Abstract excerpt
The objectives of this study were to estimate heritability for daily body weight (BW) and genetic correlations of daily BW with daily milk yield (MY), body condition score (BCS), dry matter intake, fat yield, and protein yield. The Afiweigh cow body weighing system records BW of every cow exiting the milking parlor. The Afiweigh system was installed at the Pennsylvania State University dairy herd in August 2001...
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