Article
Animal model for genetic evaluation of multibreed data.
Journal of animal science - 1 Nov 1992
Arnold J W, Bertrand J K, Benyshek L L
Abstract excerpt
Extension of beef cattle genetic evaluation procedures to multibreed data sets is proposed as a way to allow inclusion of crossbred animals into current analyses and to provide comparisons between purebred animals of different breeds. Previous papers dealing with multibreed BLUP have proposed sire or sire-maternal grandsire models. Because current models used in the beef industry are predominantly of the reduced...
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