A genomic assessment of the correlation between milk production traits and claw and udder health traits in Holstein dairy cattle

ABSTRACT: Claw diseases and mastitis represent the most important disease traits in dairy cattle with increasing incidences and a frequently mentioned connection to milk yield. Yet, many studies aimed to detect the genetic background of both trait complexes via fine-mapping of quantitative trait loc...

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Main Authors: Helen Schneider, Dierck Segelke, Jens Tetens, Georg Thaller, Jörn Bennewitz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2023-02-01
Series:Journal of Dairy Science
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022030222006993