Effects of stage of pregnancy on variance components, daily milk yields and 305-day milk yield in Holstein cows, as estimated by using a test-day model
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- 1 January 2016
- journal article
- Published by Elsevier BV in Animal
- Vol. 10 (8), 1263-1270
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s1751731116000185
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