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Short communication: Estimation of genetic parameters for gait in Canadian Holstein cows.
Journal of dairy science - 1 Dec 2012
Chapinal N, Sewalem A, Miglior F
Abstract excerpt
Lameness is one of the most important welfare and economic problems in modern dairy herds. In addition to environmental factors, lameness is affected by genetics and thus, long-term improvement of lameness can be accomplished through genetic selection. The objective of the study was to estimate the genetic parameters of a validated gait score and specific gait attributes for Holstein cows from a university dairy...
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