Impact of truncating historical data on prediction ability of dairy sheep selection candidates.

Abstract excerpt

Along the last decades, the genetic evaluation methodology has evolved, improving breeding value estimates. Many breeding programmes have historical phenotypic records and large number of generations, but to make use of them could result in more inconveniences than benefits. In this study, the prediction ability of genotyped young animals was assessed by simultaneously evaluating the removal of historical data,...

Topics

• Animals
• Breeding
• Pedigree
• Phenotype
• Female
• Male
• Genotype
• Dairying
• Sheep
• Milk
• Selection, Genetic
• Models, Genetic