Breeding for organic dairy farming: what types of cows are needed?
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Selection for increased production and the welfare of dairy cows: are new breeding goals needed?
In many European countries, milk production per cow has more than doubled in the last 40 years. The increase in production has been accompanied by declining ability to reproduce, increasing incidence of health problems, and declining longevity in modern dairy cows. Genetic selection for increased milk yield increasingly is viewed as increasing profit at the expense of reducing animal welfare. T...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Dairy Research
سال: 2019
ISSN: 0022-0299,1469-7629
DOI: 10.1017/s0022029919000141