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Estimation of test-day model (co)variance components across breeds using New Zealand dairy cattle data.
Journal of dairy science - 1 Mar 2009
Vanderick S, Harris B L, Pryce J E, Gengler N
Abstract excerpt
In New Zealand, a large proportion of cows are currently crossbreds, mostly Holstein-Friesians (HF) x Jersey (JE). The genetic evaluation system for milk yields is considering the same additive genetic effects for all breeds. The objective was to model different additive effects according to parental breeds to obtain first estimates of correlations among breed-specific effects and to study the usefulness of this...
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