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Health Traits Updated, Reflecting Data Surge

Kristen Parker Gaddis and Taylor McWhorter

April 1, 2024

The most significant change for the April 2024 triannual evaluations is an adjustment in the trait model for six CDCB health evaluations – resistance to milk fever, displaced abomasum, ketosis, mastitis, metritis, and retained placenta.


Statistical Methods Revisited for Estimating Daily Milk Yields: How Well do They Work?

Nick Wu

August 10, 2022

Cost-effective milking plans have been adapted to supplement the standard supervised twice-daily monthly testing scheme since the 1960s.


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