The impact of hair coat color on longevity of Holstein cows in the tropics

Abstract Background Over two decades of observations in the field in South East Asia and Hawai‘i suggest that majority of the commercial dairy herds are of black hair coat. Hence a simple study to determine the accuracy of the observation was conducted with two large dairy herds in Hawaii in the mid...

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Main Authors: C. N. Lee, K. S. Baek, A. Parkhurst
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Korean Society of Animal Sciences and Technology 2016-12-01
Series:Journal of Animal Science and Technology
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40781-016-0123-3