Article
Genetic analysis of lactoferrin content in bovine milk.
Journal of dairy science - 1 May 2009
Arnould V M-R, Soyeurt H, Gengler N, Colinet F G, Georges M V, Bertozzi C, Portetelle D, Renaville R
Abstract excerpt
Bovine lactoferrin (LF) is mainly present in milk and shows important physiological and biological functions. The aim of this study was to estimate the heritability and correlation values of LF content in bovine milk with different economic traits as milk yield (MY), fat and protein percentages, and somatic cell score (SCS). Variance components of the studied traits were estimated by REML using a multiple-trait...
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