Article
Synthesis of direct and maternal genetic components of economically important traits from beef breed-cross evaluations.
Journal of animal science - 1 Sept 2001
Roughsedge T, Thompson R, Villanueva B, Simm G
Abstract excerpt
Published information on relative performance of beef breed crosses was used to derive combined estimates of purebred breed values for predominant temperate beef breeds. The sources of information were largely from the United States, Canada, and New Zealand, although some European estimates were also included. Emphasis was on maternal traits of potential economic importance to the suckler beef production system,...
Topics
- Animals
- Birth Weight
- Breeding
- Cattle
- Cluster Analysis
- Crosses, Genetic
- Female
- Fertility
- Genetic Variation
- Hybrid Vigor
- Male
- Models, Biological
- Regression Analysis
- Survival Analysis