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Genetic relationships between behavioral traits and feed efficiency traits in lactating Holstein cows.
Journal of dairy science - 1 Oct 2024
Nascimento Bárbara M, Cavani Ligia, Caputo Malia J, Marinho Mariana N, Borchers Matthew R, Wallace Richard L, Santos José E P, White Heather M, Peñagaricano Francisco, Weigel Kent A
Abstract excerpt
The evaluation of dairy cow feed efficiency using residual feed intake accounts for known energy sinks. However, behavioral traits may also contribute to the variation in feed efficiency. Our objective was to estimate the heritability and repeatability of behavioral traits and their genetic correlations with feed efficiency and its components in lactating Holstein cows. The first dataset consisted of 36,075 daily...
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