Method R estimates of additive genetic, dominance genetic, and permanent environmental fraction of variance for yield and health traits of Holsteins

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 83, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 1873-1877

  Van Tassell, C P ^a   Misztal, I ^b   Varona, L ^b  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dominance variance; Heritability; Milk yield; Productive life; Somatic cell score

Indexed keywords

MILK PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BREEDING; CATTLE; CHEMISTRY; DOMINANT GENE; ENVIRONMENT; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HEALTH STATUS; LACTATION; LIPID METABOLISM; METABOLISM; MILK; SECRETION;

ANIMALS; BREEDING; CATTLE; ENVIRONMENT; GENES, DOMINANT; HEALTH STATUS; LACTATION; LIPID METABOLISM; MILK; MILK PROTEINS; MODELS, GENETIC; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0034242672     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(00)75059-4     Document Type: Article

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