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Estimation of economic value for efficiency and animal health and welfare traits, teat and udder structure, in Canadian Angus cattle.
Journal of animal breeding and genetics = Zeitschrift fur Tierzuchtung und Zuchtungsbiologie - 1 May 2021
Devani Kajal, Quinton Cheryl D, Archer Jason A, Santos Bruno F S, Martin-Collado Daniel, Amer Peter, Pajor Ed A, Orsel Karin, Crowley John J
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The Canadian Angus Association recently developed genetic evaluations for teat and udder structure, which impact efficiencies, and animal health and welfare. Genetic selection tools are most effective incorporated into economic selection indexes. An important factor in the development of economic indexes is the estimation of the economic value and discounted gene expression coefficients, and thereby the economic...
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