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Short communication: Use of young bulls in the United States.
Journal of dairy science - 1 May 2014
Hutchison J L, Cole J B, Bickhart D M
Abstract excerpt
The availability of genomic evaluations since 2008 has resulted in many changes to dairy cattle breeding programs. One such change has been the increased contribution of young bulls (0.8 to 3.9 yr old) to those programs. The increased use of young bulls was investigated using pedigree data and breeding records obtained from the US national dairy database (Beltsville, MD). The adoption of genotyping was so rapid...
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