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Short communication: Genetic association of variations in the osteopontin gene (SPP1) with lactation persistency in dairy cattle.
Journal of dairy science - 1 Jan 2018
Bissonnette Nathalie
Abstract excerpt
Improving lactation persistency (LP) in dairy cattle has a beneficial effect on animal health and fertility and herd productivity. A complex trait, LP not only reflects the cow's ability to maintain milk secretion activity after the lactation peak but is also a function of the postcalving development of the mammary gland and, later on, of tissue remodeling as lactation declines. This decline is a consequence of...
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