Article
Inheritance of cow durability for linear type traits.
Journal of dairy science - 1 May 1991
Funk D C, Hansen L B, Funk D A
Abstract excerpt
Final score and 14 linear type traits from appraisal by the Holstein Association were analyzed to assess inheritance of cow durability. Change of type scores from first to second parity (second minus first) was cow durability. Score for first parity, change of score from first to second parity, and FCM were simultaneously evaluated with a multiple-trait mixed model for each type trait. First analysis did not...
Topics
- Aging
- Animals
- Body Constitution
- Cattle
- Female
- Lactation
- Mammary Glands, Animal
- Parity
- Phenotype
