Article
Genomic associations with somatic cell score in first-lactation Holstein cows.
Journal of dairy science - 1 Feb 2012
Wijga S, Bastiaansen J W M, Wall E, Strandberg E, de Haas Y, Giblin L, Bovenhuis H
Abstract excerpt
This genome-wide association study aimed to identify loci associated with lactation-average somatic cell score (LASCS) and the standard deviation of test-day somatic cell score (SCS-SD). It is one of the first studies to combine detailed phenotypic and genotypic cow data from research dairy herds located in different countries. The combined data set contained up to 52 individual test-days per lactation and...
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