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Estimates of marker effects for measures of milk flow in the Italian brown Swiss dairy cattle population.
BMC veterinary research - 23 Oct 2012
Gray Kent A, Maltecca Christian, Bagnato Alessandro, Dolezal Marlies, Rossoni Attilio, Samore Antonia B, Cassady Joseph P
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BACKGROUND: Milkability is a complex trait that is characterized by milk flow traits including average milk flow rate, maximum milk flow rate and total milking time. Milkability has long been recognized as an economically important trait that can be improved through selection. By improving milkability, management costs of milking decrease through reduced labor and improved efficiency of the automatic milking...
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