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Genetic parameters, heterosis, and breed effects for body condition score and mature cow weight in beef cattle.
Journal of animal science - 1 Feb 2022
Ribeiro André Mauric F, Sanglard Leticia P, Snelling Warren M, Thallman R Mark, Kuehn Larry A, Spangler Matthew L
Abstract excerpt
Understanding the genetic relationship between mature cow weight (MWT) and body condition score (BCS) is useful to implement selection programs focused on cow efficiency. The objectives of this study were to estimate genetic parameters, heterosis, and breed effects for MWT and BCS. In total, 25,035 and 24,522 overlapping records were available for MWT and BCS on 6,138 and 6,131 cows, respectively, from the...
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