Multitrait restricted maximum likelihood estimates of genetic and phenotypic parameters of lifetime performance traits for Canadian Holsteins.

doi:10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(94)76955-1

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Multitrait restricted maximum likelihood estimates of genetic and phenotypic parameters of lifetime performance traits for Canadian Holsteins.

Journal of dairy science - 1 Jan 1994

Jairath L K, Hayes J F, Cue R I

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Data on 82,835 Holstein cows, daughters of 703 sires and with first calving from September 1979 to December 1984 from 2384 herds enrolled in the Quebec Dairy Herd Analysis Service, were used to estimate genetic and phenotypic parameters of partial and total lifetime performance traits with REML....

Topics

Animals
Canada
Cattle
Female
Lactation
Longevity
Phenotype

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