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Heritability of methane emissions from dairy cows over a lactation measured on commercial farms.
Journal of animal science - 1 Nov 2017
Pszczola M, Rzewuska K, Mucha S, Strabel T
Abstract excerpt
Methane emission is currently an important trait in studies on ruminants due to its environmental and economic impact. Recent studies were based on short-time measurements on individual cows. As methane emission is a longitudinal trait, it is important to investigate its changes over a full lactation. In this study, we aimed to estimate the heritability of the estimated methane emissions from dairy cows using...
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