@conference {3678,
	title = {BRIEF COMMUNICATION: Relationships between longevity and herd-test traits in a dairy goat herd},
	booktitle = {Proceedings of the New Zealand Society of Animal Production},
	volume = {74},
	year = {2014},
	month = {06/2014},
	pages = {49-51},
	address = {Napier},
	abstract = {Doe longevity has a significant impact upon the dairy goat industry. Does which maintain good health and high productivity, remaining in the herd for a greater number of years, will reduce the economic and environmental cost of raising replacement breeding animals per unit of milk production. Although longevity has been studied in sheep and dairy cattle (McIntyre et al. 2012, Harris \& Montgomerie 2007), there is little information regarding genetic parameters for longevity traits in New Zealand dairy goats. A study (Gautam 2012) has, however, investigated characteristics associated with the length of productive life of dairy goats in New Zealand...},
	issn = {1176-5283},
	author = {Wheeler N and Foote BJ and Foote JF}
}
@conference {89245,
	title = {Genetic parameters of stayablity measures in a dairy goat herd},
	booktitle = {Proceedings of the New Zealand Society of Animal Production},
	volume = {73},
	year = {2013},
	month = {Jan},
	pages = {165-167},
	publisher = {New Zealand Society of Animal Production},
	organization = {New Zealand Society of Animal Production},
	address = {Hamilton},
	abstract = {<p>Doe longevity is an important factor in dairy goat farm productivity and sustainability, as the economic and environmental cost of raising replacement breeding animals per unit of milk production has less impact when spread over a longer period of return. Although stayability has been studied in sheep and cattle, there is little information regarding genetic parameters for longevity traits in New Zealand dairy goats.</p>
},
	issn = {1176-5283},
	author = {Wheeler M and Foote BJ and Foote JF}
}
