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Genetic dissection of bull fertility in US Jersey dairy cattle.
Animal genetics - 1 Oct 2018
Rezende F M, Dietsch G O, Peñagaricano F
Abstract excerpt
The service sire has been recognized as an important factor affecting herd fertility in dairy cattle. Recent studies suggest that genetic factors explain part of the difference in fertility among Holstein sires. The main objective of this study was to dissect the genetic architecture of sire fertility in US Jersey cattle. The dataset included 1.5 K Jersey bulls with sire conception rate (SCR) records and 96 K...
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