Factors associated with milking characteristics in dairy cows.

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Milking characteristics, and in particular milking duration, are a known contributor to costs in dairy production systems. Results from previous studies suggest that higher-yielding animals, on average, milk for a longer duration. Culling or selection for reduced milking duration alone may, therefore, reduce milk yield. Here, we propose 2 new traits, residual milking duration (RMD) and residual milking duration...

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