Estimates of Genetic Parameters for a Test Day Model with Random Regressions for Yield Traits of First Lactation Holsteins

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 80, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 762-770

  Jamrozik, J ^a,b   Schaeffer, L R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE IN KRAKOW   (Poland)

Author keywords

Genetic parameters; Gibbs sampling; Random regression model

Indexed keywords

BOS TAURUS;

ALGORITHM; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CATTLE; DAIRY PRODUCT; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LACTATION; METABOLISM; MILK; PHYSIOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ALGORITHMS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; CATTLE; DAIRY PRODUCTS; FEMALE; LACTATION; LINEAR MODELS; MILK; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, GENETIC; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0031111551     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(97)75996-4     Document Type: Article

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