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Design of selection schemes to include tick resistance in the breeding goal for Hereford and Braford cattle.
Journal of animal science - 1 Feb 2017
Reis  P, Boligon A A, Yokoo M J, Cardoso F F
Abstract excerpt
Ticks are one of the main causes of losses in cattle, causing economic impact by reducing productivity and fertility and by transmission of diseases. The objective of this study was to analyze the genetic gains obtained through different strategies to include traditional (EBV) or genomic EBV (GEBV) for tick count (TC) in selection indexes for Hereford and Braford cattle. Besides TC, we also considered traits...
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