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Influence of common health disorders on the length of productive life and stayability in German Holstein cows.
Journal of dairy science - 1 Jan 2020
Shabalina T, Yin T, König S
Abstract excerpt
The aim of this study was to infer phenotypic and genetic effects of health disorders on longevity traits, considering Holstein dairy cow records from large-scale co-operator herds. In this regard, we focused on 13 different disease traits and on 2 longevity definitions: length of productive life (LPL) and stayability (STAY). The LPL was defined as the interval in days from first calving to culling. For LPL, we...
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