An Optimum Regression Model to Estimate Economic Values for Milk Yield, Milk Yield Persistency and Calving Interval in Dairy Cattle

Subject Areas : Camel

S. Falahpour ¹ ( Department of Animal Science, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Guilan, Rasht, Iran )
A.A. Shadparvar ² ( Department of Animal Science, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Guilan, Rasht, Iran )
N. Ghavi Hossein Zadeh ³ ( Department of Animal Science, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Guilan, Rasht, Iran )
M. Mehdi Zadeh Stalkh Kohi ⁴ ( Agriculture Jihad Organization of Guilan, Guilan, Rasht, Iran )

Received: 2012-03-02 Accepted : 2012-07-06 Published : 2013-06-01

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