Correlations between udder conformation traits and somatic cell count in Canadian Holstein cows.

doi:10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(90)78800-5

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Correlations between udder conformation traits and somatic cell count in Canadian Holstein cows.

Journal of dairy science - 1 May 1990

Monardes H G, Cue R I, Hayes J F

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Heritabilities of, and genetic and phenotypic correlations between, type traits and the arithmetic mean of lactational SCC were estimated using minimum norm quadratic unbiased estimation and two multitrait REML methods. Three sets of data were analyzed. Heritabilities of all traits were small. Fo...

Topics

Animals
Canada
Cattle
Cell Count
Female
Male
Mammary Glands, Animal
Milk
Phenotype
Statistics as Topic

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