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Correlation between breeding values for milk fatty acids and Nordic Total Merit index traits for Danish Holstein and Danish Jersey.
Journal of dairy science - 1 Aug 2023
Buitenhuis A J, Hein L, Sørensen L P, Kargo M
Abstract excerpt
Milk fatty acid composition is gaining interest in the Danish dairy industry both to develop new dairy products and as a management tool. To be able to implement milk fatty acid (FA) composition in the breeding program, it is important to know the correlations with the traits in the breeding goal. To estimate these correlations, we measured milk fat composition in Danish Holstein (DH) and Danish Jersey (DJ)...
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