Treatment of dairy cows with recombinant bovine somatotropin: genetic and phenotypic aspects.

doi:10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(90)78662-6

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Treatment of dairy cows with recombinant bovine somatotropin: genetic and phenotypic aspects.

Journal of dairy science - 1 Jan 1990

Leitch H W, Burnside E B, McBride B W

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Thirty-four multiparous and primiparous Holstein cows were utilized to examine the association between the response to long-term administration of recombinant bovine somatotropin and the cow's phenotypic and genetic production potential. Cows representing a range of phenotypic and genetic product...

Topics

Analysis of Variance
Animals
Cattle
Female
Growth Hormone
Lactation
Least-Squares Analysis
Milk
Phenotype
Pregnancy
Recombinant Proteins
Regression Analysis

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