Article
Bivariate animal model estimates of genetic, phenotypic, and environmental correlations for production, reproduction, and somatic cells in Jerseys.
Journal of dairy science - 1 Apr 2000
Roman R M, Wilcox C J
Abstract excerpt
Correlations were obtained between 18 response variables of a Jersey herd (Florida Agricultural Experiment Station, Gainesville) for 374 first lactations. Estimates were from the use of multivariate, derivative-free, restricted maximum likelihood procedures with the simplex method of partial maximization. Estimates agreed closely with those obtained previously by other methods in this and other dairy populations....
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