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Culling reasons in organic and conventional dairy herds and genotype by environment interaction for longevity.
Journal of dairy science - 1 Mar 2011
Ahlman T, Berglund B, Rydhmer L, Strandberg E
Abstract excerpt
Dairy cow longevity combines all functional traits and is thought to be especially important in organic production, which is an established, increasing part of Swedish dairy production, representing approximately 6% of the market. The aim of this study was to compare dynamics in culling reasons between organic and conventional production and to analyze genotype by environment interactions for longevity. The data...
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