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Genetics of milking characteristics in dairy cows.
Animal : an international journal of animal bioscience - 1 Nov 2013
Berry D P, Coyne J, Coughlan B, Burke M, McCarthy J, Enright B, Cromie A R, McParland S
Abstract excerpt
Genetic selection for milking speed is feasible. The existence of a correlation structure between milking speed and milk yield, however, necessitates a selection strategy to increase milking speed with no repercussion on genetic merit for milk yield. Residual milking duration (RMD) and residual m...
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