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Accuracies of breeding values for dry matter intake using nongenotyped animals and predictor traits in different lactations.
Journal of dairy science - 1 Nov 2017
Manzanilla-Pech C I V, Veerkamp R F, de Haas Y, Calus M P L, Ten Napel J
Abstract excerpt
Given the interest of including dry matter intake (DMI) in the breeding goal, accurate estimated breeding values (EBV) for DMI are needed, preferably for separate lactations. Due to the limited amount of records available on DMI, 2 main approaches have been suggested to compute those EBV: (1) the inclusion of predictor traits, such as fat- and protein-corrected milk (FPCM) and live weight (LW), and (2) the...
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