Genetic Evaluation of Somatic Cell Scores for United States Dairy Cattle

Agriculture & Biology

• dairy cattle 98%
• mastitis 37%
• cows 19%
• economics 12%
• milk quality 10%
• dams (mothers) 10%
• USDA 9%
• sires 9%
• genetic improvement 8%
• natural selection 8%
• bulls 8%
• milk yield 8%
• lactation 7%
• incidence 6%
• milk 6%

Medicine & Life Sciences

• Cattle 81%
• Mastitis 47%
• Milk 25%
• Economics 14%
• United States Department of Agriculture 13%
• Genetic Selection 11%
• Lactation 10%
• Genetic Predisposition to Disease 9%
• Incidence 4%