Article
Genetic and phenotypic parameter estimates of total and partial lifetime traits for dairy ewes.
Journal of dairy science - 1 Sept 2005
El-Saied U M, De La Fuente L F, Carriedo J A, San Primitivo F
Abstract excerpt
A data file with 11,547 lactations for 2602 Spanish Churra ewes, daughters of 100 sires and 2179 dams, was used to estimate genetic and phenotypic parameters of total and partial lifetime traits with a multiple-trait animal model using REML. These ewes first lambed between 1992 and 1998 and belonged to 27 flocks enrolled in the nucleus scheme of the breed. The study took into account 4 life span traits, 2...
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