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Using conformation traits to improve reliability of genetic evaluation for herd life based on survival analysis.
Journal of dairy science - 1 Jun 2002
Vukasinovic N, Schleppi Y, Künzi N
Abstract excerpt
Genetic evaluation for herd life based on survival analysis utilizes information available on all animals, dead (uncensored) and alive (censored), but the reliability of bulls' breeding values depends only on the number of uncensored daughters. Therefore, information on correlated conformation traits scored on daughters during their first lactation may be essential for the evaluation of young bulls with mostly...
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