Estimation of variance of maternal lineage effects among Canadian Holsteins.

doi:10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(97)76164-2

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Estimation of variance of maternal lineage effects among Canadian Holsteins.

Journal of dairy science - 1 Sept 1997

Boettcher P J, Gibson J P

Abstract excerpt

Bayesian posterior estimates of variances of maternal lineage effects were obtained with a procedure that used Gibbs sampling. Data were records of yield during first parity from 245,510 Holstein cows that calved in Canada between 1990 and 1994. Maternal lineages were defined by tracing the mater...

Topics

Animals
Bayes Theorem
Cattle
Female
Genetic Variation
Lactation
Lipid Metabolism
Milk
Milk Proteins

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