Additive and nonadditive genetic variance in female fertility of Holsteins.

doi:10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(91)78337-9

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Additive and nonadditive genetic variance in female fertility of Holsteins.

Journal of dairy science - 1 May 1991

Hoeschele I

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Additive and nonadditive genetic variances were estimated for cow fertility of Holsteins. Measures of fertility were first lactation days open and service period as recorded and with upper bounds of 150 and 91 d, respectively. Six million inseminations from the Raleigh, North Carolina Processing...

Topics

Animals
Breeding
Cattle
Female
Fertility
Genetic Variation
Inbreeding
Male
Models, Genetic
Software

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