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Milk Yield

 Subject

Staff Only
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Created For = NAHSTE

Found in 57 Collections and/or Records:

Montgomery Cow, "Hoosni" Pusa Herd, 1870s-1930s

 Item
Identifier: Coll-1434/1302
Scope and Contents

Photograph of the Montgomery cow, "Hoosni" of the Pusa herd whose milk yield 'during the last lactation period (11 months) was 5740 lbs' in the early 20th century. Additionally, 'Wallace' has been handwritten on the slide, but its meaning is unclear.

Dates: 1870s-1930s
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Roslin Slide Collection

Part-lactation predictors of complete lactation milk-energy yield, food intake and food conversion efficiency, 1987

 Item
Identifier: Coll-1362/2/167
Scope and Contents

Located in I.A.P.G.R-E.R.S. Staff Papers 1987. Part 1 and Index.

Dates: 1987
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Roslin Institute Offprint Collection / Institute of Animal Physiology and Genetics Research (IAPGR)

Phenotypic correlations among daily records of milk yields, December 1993

 Item
Identifier: Coll-1362/4/182
Scope and Contents

Located in Roslin Institute Staff Papers 1993. Part 2.

Dates: December 1993
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Roslin Institute Offprint Collection / Roslin Institute

Physiological attributes as possible selection criteria for milk production: 1. Study of metabolites in Friesian calves of high or low genetic merit, 1980

 Item
Identifier: Coll-1362/1/718
Scope and Contents

Located in A.B.R.O. Reprints 1980. Volume 14 of 19.

Dates: 1980
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Roslin Institute Offprint Collection / Animal Breeding Research Organisation (ABRO)

Physiological attributes as possible selection criteria for milk production 2. Plasma insulin, tri-iodothyronine and thyroxine in bulls, 1981

 Item
Identifier: Coll-1362/1/742
Scope and Contents

Located in A.B.R.O. Reprints 1981. Volume 15 of 19.

Dates: 1981
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Roslin Institute Offprint Collection / Animal Breeding Research Organisation (ABRO)

Physiological attributes as possible selection criteria for milk production. 3. Plasma hormone concentrations and metabolite and hormonal responses to changes in energy equilibrium, 1983

 Item
Identifier: Coll-1362/1/805
Scope and Contents

Located in A.B.R.O. Reprints 1983. Volume 17 of 19.

Dates: 1983
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Roslin Institute Offprint Collection / Animal Breeding Research Organisation (ABRO)

Physiological attributes of male and juvenile cattle differing in genetic merit for milk yield: a review, 1991

 Item
Identifier: Coll-1362/2/1077
Scope and Contents

Located in I.A.P.G.R-E.R.S. Staff Papers 1991. Part 2.

Dates: 1991
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Roslin Institute Offprint Collection / Institute of Animal Physiology and Genetics Research (IAPGR)

Possible association between the breeding value of dairy bulls and milk yield of their mates, 1978

 Item
Identifier: Coll-1362/1/653
Scope and Contents

Located in A.B.R.O. Reprints 1978. Volume 12 of 19.

Dates: 1978
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Roslin Institute Offprint Collection / Animal Breeding Research Organisation (ABRO)

Saniwal Cow, 420 Gallons, 4% Fat (Wallace), 1870s-1930s

 Item
Identifier: Coll-1434/2886
Scope and Contents

Photograph of a man (Wallace?) standing next to a Saniwal cow that had produced 420 gallons of milk at 4% fat in a wooded field in the early/mid 20th century.

Dates: 1870s-1930s
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Roslin Slide Collection

Story about a snake, June 1887

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW89/23
Scope and Contents Story about a snake which tells how Donald [Currie], the grandfather of 'Fear Bhollsa na h-Uamh Moire' [Uamh Mhòr, Bolsa, Ìle/ Islay] knew that something was wrong with his cows' milk when he saw a serpent coiled on a hillock at the sheiling. The snake was the biggest he'd seen being about nine feet in length. Donald found two bullets in his gun and shot it dead. The story states that seven score [140] snakes were killed [on the island] the previous year [1876] and nine score [180] the year...
Dates: June 1887
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Carmichael-Watson Collection / Field notebook belonging to Alexander Carmichael