Milk yield and quality of Original Brown cattle reared in Italian alpine region

The present study aimed to investigate non-genetic sources of variation of milk production and quality traits of dual-purpose Original Brown (OB) cows farmed in Italian alpine region by using milk test-day records (n = 4034). Except for milk yield and somatic cell count, all phenotypes were predicte...

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Main Authors: Thomas Zanon, Angela Costa, Massimo De Marchi, Mauro Penasa, Sven Koenig, Matthias Gauly
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2020-12-01
Series:Italian Journal of Animal Science
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1828051X.2020.1825997