Genetic analysis of production traits and body size measurements and their relationships with metabolic diseases in German Holstein cattle

ABSTRACT: This study sheds light on the genetic complexity and interplay of production, body size, and metabolic health in dairy cattle. Phenotypes for body size-related traits from conformation classification (130,166 animals) and production (101,562 animals) of primiparous German Holstein cows wer...

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Main Authors: Christin Schmidtmann, Dierck Segelke, Jörn Bennewitz, Jens Tetens, Georg Thaller
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2023-01-01
Series:Journal of Dairy Science
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022030222006828