Article
Additive and nonadditive genetic variances for milk yield, fertility, and lifetime performance traits of dairy cattle.
Journal of dairy science - 1 Apr 1994
Fuerst C, Sölkner J
Abstract excerpt
Additive and nonadditive genetic variances were estimated for yield traits and fertility for three subsequent lactations and for lifetime performance traits of purebred and crossbred dairy cattle populations. Traits were milk yield, energy-corrected milk yield, fat percentage, protein percentage,...
Topics
- Animals
- Cattle
- Female
- Fertility
- Genetic Variation
- Lactation
- Lipids
- Longevity
- Milk
- Milk Proteins
- Models, Genetic
