Relationship between dairy cow genetic merit and profit on commercial spring calving dairy farms

Because not all animal factors influencing profitability can be included in total merit breeding indices for profitability, the association between animal total merit index and true profitability, taking cognisance of all factors associated with costs and revenues, is generally not known. One method...

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Published in:Animal
Main Authors: G. Ramsbottom, A.R. Cromie, B. Horan, D.P. Berry
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2012-01-01
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1751731111002503