Article
Nonadditive genetic effects and inbreeding depression for somatic cell counts of Holstein cattle.
Journal of dairy science - 1 May 1995
Miglior F, Burnside E B, Dekkers J C
Abstract excerpt
A total of 65,491 lactation means of log2-transformed SCC measures were analyzed from first lactation Holstein cows in Ontario. Effects of inbreeding on SCC were estimated by a nonadditive sire and dam model that included additive, dominance, and additive by additive genetic effects and regression of lactation somatic cell score on inbreeding coefficients of the cows. Variance components were estimated using the...
Topics
- Animals
- Cattle
- Cell Count
- Female
- Genetic Variation
- Inbreeding
- Milk
- Phenotype
- Regression Analysis
