Environmental effects on lactation curves included in a test-day model genetic evaluation

A large number of environmental factors affect the daily milk production of a cow. Lactation curves included in the French test-day model are modelled as a function of days in milk with semi-parametric curves (splines). The proper modelling of environmental effects in the test-day analysis was inves...

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Main Authors: H. Leclerc, D. Duclos, A. Barbat, T. Druet, V. Ducrocq
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2008-01-01
Series:Animal
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S175173110700119X