Introducing efficiency into the analysis of individual lifetime performance variability: a key to assess herd management

Lifetime performance variability is a powerful tool for evaluating herd management. Although efficiency is a key aspect of performance, it has not been integrated into existing studies on the variability of lifetime performance. The goal of the present article is to analyse the effects of various he...

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Main Authors: L. Puillet, O. Martin, D. Sauvant, M. Tichit
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2011-01-01
Series:Animal
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S175173111000162X