Article
Linear and nonlinear genetic relationships between type traits and productive life in US dairy goats.
Journal of dairy science - 1 Feb 2017
Castañeda-Bustos V J, Montaldo H H, Valencia-Posadas M, Shepard L, Pérez-Elizalde S, Hernández-Mendo O, Torres-Hernández G
Abstract excerpt
Linear or nonlinear genetic relationships between productive life and functional productive life at 72 mo, with final score (SCO), stature, strength, dairyness (DAI), teat diameter, rear legs (side view), rump angle, rump width (RUW), fore udder attachment (FUA), rear udder height, rear udder arch, udder depth (UDD), suspensory ligament (SUS), and teat placement, as well as heritabilities and correlations were...
Topics
- Animals
- Breeding
- Female
- Goats
- Lactation
- Mammary Glands, Animal
- Phenotype
