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Genetic evaluations for growth heat tolerance in Angus cattle.
Journal of animal science - 1 Oct 2016
Bradford H L, Fragomeni B O, Bertrand J K, Lourenco D A L, Misztal I
Abstract excerpt
The objectives were to assess the impact of heat stress and to develop a model for genetic evaluation of growth heat tolerance in Angus cattle. The American Angus Association provided weaning weight (WW) and yearling weight (YW) data, and records from the Upper South region were used because of the hot climatic conditions. Heat stress was characterized by a weaning (yearling) heat load function defined as the...
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