Article
Comparison of methods for handling censored records in beef fertility data: field data.
Journal of animal science - 1 Feb 2004
Donoghue K A, Rekaya R, Bertrand J K
Abstract excerpt
The purpose of this study was to compare methods for handling censored days to calving records in beef cattle data, and verify results of an earlier simulation study. Data were records from natural service matings of 33,176 first-calf females in Australian Angus herds. Three methods for handling censored records were evaluated. Censored records (records on noncalving females) were assigned penalty values on a...
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