Genetic and environmental determinants of the urea level in cow's milk

Czajkowska, A.; Sitkowska, B.; Piwczyński, D.; Wójcik, P.; Mroczkowski, S.

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Genetic and environmental determinants of the urea level in cow's milk

A. Czajkowska, B. Sitkowska, D. Piwczyński, P. Wójcik, and S. Mroczkowski

A. Czajkowska

University of Technology and Life Sciences, Faculty of Animal Breeding and Biology, Department of Genetics and General Animal Breeding, Bydgoszcz, Poland

B. Sitkowska

CORRESPONDING AUTHOR

sitkowskabeata@gmail.com

University of Technology and Life Sciences, Faculty of Animal Breeding and Biology, Department of Genetics and General Animal Breeding, Bydgoszcz, Poland

D. Piwczyński

University of Technology and Life Sciences, Faculty of Animal Breeding and Biology, Department of Genetics and General Animal Breeding, Bydgoszcz, Poland

P. Wójcik

National Research Institute of Animal Production, Balice, Poland

S. Mroczkowski

University of Technology and Life Sciences, Faculty of Animal Breeding and Biology, Department of Genetics and General Animal Breeding, Bydgoszcz, Poland

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