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Bayesian single-step genomic evaluations combining local and foreign information in Walloon Holsteins.
Animal : an international journal of animal bioscience - 1 May 2018
Colinet F G, Vandenplas J, Vanderick S, Hammami H, Mota R R, Gillon A, Hubin X, Bertozzi C, Gengler N
Abstract excerpt
Most dairy cattle populations found in different countries around the world are small to medium sized and use many artificial insemination bulls imported from different foreign countries. The Walloon population in the southern part of Belgium is a good example for such a small-scale population. Wallonia has also a very active community of Holstein breeders requesting high level genetic evaluation services....
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