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Multiple-trait random regression modeling of feed efficiency in US Holsteins.
Journal of dairy science - 1 Jul 2022
Khanal P, Parker Gaddis K L, Vandehaar M J, Weigel K A, White H M, Peñagaricano F, Koltes J E, Santos J E P, Baldwin R L, Burchard J F, Dürr J W, Tempelman R J
Abstract excerpt
Residual feed intake (RFI) and feed saved (FS) are important feed efficiency traits that have been increasingly considered in genetic improvement programs. Future sustainability of these genetic evaluations will depend upon greater flexibility to accommodate sparsely recorded dry matter intake (DMI) records on many more cows, especially from commercial environments. Recent multiple-trait random regression (MTRR)...
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