Article
Single-step genomic evaluation of milk production traits in Canadian Alpine and Saanen dairy goats.
Journal of dairy science - 1 Mar 2022
Massender Erin, Brito Luiz F, Maignel Laurence, Oliveira Hinayah R, Jafarikia Mohsen, Baes Christine F, Sullivan Brian, Schenkel Flavio S
Abstract excerpt
Genomic evaluations are routine in most plant and livestock breeding programs but are used infrequently in dairy goat breeding schemes. In this context, the purpose of this study was to investigate the use of the single-step genomic BLUP method for predicting genomic breeding values for milk production traits (milk, protein, and fat yields; protein and fat percentages) in Canadian Alpine and Saanen dairy goats....
Topics
- Animals
- Canada
- Female
- Genomics
- Genotype
- Goats
- Milk
- Models, Genetic
- Phenotype
- Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide