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Genomic prediction of dry matter intake in dairy cattle from an international data set consisting of research herds in Europe, North America, and Australasia.
Journal of dairy science - 1 Sept 2015
de Haas Y, Pryce J E, Calus M P L, Wall E, Berry D P, Løvendahl P, Krattenmacher N, Miglior F, Weigel K, Spurlock D, Macdonald K A, Hulsegge B, Veerkamp R F
Abstract excerpt
With the aim of increasing the accuracy of genomic estimated breeding values for dry matter intake (DMI) in Holstein-Friesian dairy cattle, data from 10 research herds in Europe, North America, and Australasia were combined. The DMI records were available on 10,701 parity 1 to 5 records from 6,953 cows, as well as on 1,784 growing heifers. Predicted DMI at 70 d in milk was used as the phenotype for the lactating...
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