Article
Weighting factors of sire daughter information in international genetic evaluations.
Journal of dairy science - 1 Jul 2001
Fikse W F, Banos G
Abstract excerpt
International genetic evaluations of dairy bulls are currently based on national genetic evaluation results. Total number of daughters in a country is used to weight national information, but may not optimally reflect the precision of a sire's daughter contribution to international genetic evaluations. This study investigates the impact of alternative weighting factors on international evaluation results. A...
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