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Herd solutions from genetic evaluations can be used as a tool to rescale the expected expression of genetic potential in cattle.
Journal of animal breeding and genetics = Zeitschrift fur Tierzuchtung und Zuchtungsbiologie - 1 Nov 2021
Kenny David, Sleator Roy D, Murphy Craig P, Evans Ross D, Berry Donagh P
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The objective of this study was to determine whether response to selection for carcass weight (CW), conformation (CC) and fat (CF), and the association between heterosis and carcass performance varied by herd environment in cattle. Following edits, carcass information was available for 4,616,761 cattle, of which the majority were some crossbred combination of the following breeds: Angus, Aubrac, Belgian Blue,...
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