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Genetic evaluation of gestation length in Italian Holstein breed.
Journal of animal breeding and genetics = Zeitschrift fur Tierzuchtung und Zuchtungsbiologie - 1 Mar 2024
Galluzzo Ferdinando, Visentin Giulio, van Kaam Johannes B C H M, Finocchiaro Raffaella, Biffani Stefano, Costa Angela, Marusi Maurizio, Cassandro Martino
Abstract excerpt
Gestation length (GL) can potentially affect health and performance of both the dam and the newborn calf, and it is controlled by two genetic components, direct and maternal. This means that both the calf (direct effect) and the cow (maternal effect) genotypes contribute to determine GL and its variability. The aims of the present study were to estimate direct and maternal variance components of GL, develop a...
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