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Validation of test-day models for genetic evaluation of dairy goats in Norway.
Journal of dairy science - 1 Oct 2007
Andonov S, Ødegård J, Boman I A, Svendsen M, Holme I J, Adnøy T, Vukovic V, Klemetsdal G
Abstract excerpt
Test-day data for daily milk yield and fat, protein, and lactose content were sampled from the years 1988 to 2003 in 17 flocks belonging to 2 genetically well-tied buck circles. In total, records from 2,111 to 2,215 goats for content traits and 2,371 goats for daily milk yield were included in the analysis, averaging 2.6 and 4.8 observations per goat for the 2 groups of traits, respectively. The data were...
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