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Including gene networks to predict calving difficulty in Holstein, Brown Swiss and Jersey cattle

BACKGROUND: Calving difficulty or dystocia has a great economic impact in the US dairy industry. Reported risk factors associated with calving difficulty are feto-pelvic disproportion, gestation length and conformation. Different dairy cattle breeds have different incidence of calving difficulty, wi...

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Autores principales: Tiezzi, Francesco, Arceo, Maria E., Cole, John B., Maltecca, Christian
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5880070/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29609562
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12863-018-0606-y