Article
Genetic evaluation of susceptibility to clinical mastitis in Spanish Holstein cows.
Journal of dairy science - 1 Jul 2009
Pérez-Cabal M A, de los Campos G, Vazquez A I, Gianola D, Rosa G J M, Weigel K A, Alenda R
Abstract excerpt
This study had 3 objectives: to estimate genetic parameters and predict sires' transmitting abilities for clinical mastitis in a Spanish Holstein population, to propose a methodology for comparing models with different response variables by using a cost-based loss function, and to evaluate alternative genetic evaluation models by using this methodology. On-farm records for clinical mastitis from herds in 3...
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