Economic weights of somatic cell score in dairy sheep

The economic weights for somatic cell score (SCS) have been calculated using profit functions. Economic data were collected in the Latxa breed. Three aspects have been considered: bulk tank milk payment, veterinary treatments due to high SCS, and culling. All of them are non-linear profit functions....

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Main Authors: A. Legarra, M. Ramón, E. Ugarte, M.D. Pérez-Guzmán, J. Arranz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2007-01-01
Series:Animal
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1751731107657826