The Use of Covariance Functions and Random Regressions for Genetic Evaluation of Milk Production Based on Test Day Records

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 81, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 3300-3308

  Van Der Werf, J H J ^a   Goddard, M E ^a,b   Meyer, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Covariance functions; Genetic evaluation; Random regression; Test day yields

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CATTLE; FEMALE; GENETICS; LACTATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; CATTLE; FEMALE; LACTATION; MODELS, GENETIC; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 0032247782     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(98)75895-3     Document Type: Article

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