Application of an Autoregressive Process to Estimate Genetic Parameters and Breeding Values for Daily Milk Yield in a Tropical Herd of Lucerna Cattle and in United States Holstein Herds

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 81, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 2738-2751

  Carvalheira, J G V ^a   Blake, R W ^a   Pollak, E J ^a   Quaas, R L ^a   Duran Castro, C V ^b  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE COLOMBIA   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Auto correlation; Genetic evaluation; Test day animal model; Tropics

Indexed keywords

AGING; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BREEDING; CATTLE; COLOMBIA; DAIRYING; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; LACTATION; METHODOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; UNITED STATES;

AGING; ANIMALS; BREEDING; CATTLE; COLOMBIA; DAIRYING; FEMALE; LACTATION; MODELS, GENETIC; PHENOTYPE; UNITED STATES; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0032176589     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(98)75831-X     Document Type: Article

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