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Genetic and crossbreeding parameters for incidence of recorded clinical lameness in New Zealand dairy cattle.
New Zealand veterinary journal - 1 Sept 2013
Chawala A R, Lopez-Villalobos N, Margerison J K, Spelman R J
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AIM: To estimate genetic and crossbreeding parameters for the incidence of recorded clinical lameness in New Zealand dairy cattle. METHODS: Herd records from 76,357 cows, collected during the 2005/06 to 2008/09 milking seasons from 155 herds in the Livestock Improvement Corporation young sire progeny test scheme, were used to estimate genetic parameters and breed effects for incidence of recorded clinical...
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