Invited review: overview of new traits and phenotyping strategies in dairy cattle with a focus on functional traits

For several decades, breeding goals in dairy cattle focussed on increased milk production. However, many functional traits have negative genetic correlations with milk yield, and reductions in genetic merit for health and fitness have been observed. Herd management has been challenged to compensate...

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Main Authors: C. Egger-Danner, J.B. Cole, J.E. Pryce, N. Gengler, B. Heringstad, A. Bradley, K.F. Stock
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2015-01-01
Series:Animal
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1751731114002614