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Fluctuations in milk yield are heritable and can be used as a resilience indicator to breed healthy cows.
Journal of dairy science - 1 Feb 2018
Elgersma G G, de Jong G, van der Linde R, Mulder H A
Abstract excerpt
Automatic milking systems record an enormous amount of data on milk yield and the cow itself. These type of big data are expected to contain indicators for health and resilience of cows. In this study, the aim was to define and estimate heritabilities for traits related with fluctuations in daily milk yield and to estimate genetic correlations with existing functional traits, such as udder health, fertility, claw...
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