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Short communication: Trends for monthly changes in days open in Holsteins.
Journal of dairy science - 1 Sept 2009
Pszczola M, Aguilar I, Misztal I
Abstract excerpt
A reaction norm approach was used to estimate trends for days open (DO) with a model that indirectly accounted for heat stress. Data included 3.4 million first-parity records of DO of US Holsteins. A fixed effect model included herd-year, month of calving within region (MOC), age class, and regression on 305-d milk yield. An index calculated from the standardized solutions to MOC derived from the fixed effect...
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