Impact of paternity errors in cow identification on genetic evaluations and international comparisons

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 84, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 2523-2529

  Banos, Georgios ^a,c   Wiggans, G R ^b   Powell, R L ^b  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^c ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Dairy cattle; Genetic evaluation; International comparison; Pedigree error

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CANADA; CATTLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DAIRYING; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; GENETIC DATABASE; GENETICS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LACTATION; MALE; MILK; NETHERLANDS; NEW ZEALAND; UNITED STATES;

ANIMAL; BREEDING; CANADA; CATTLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DAIRYING; DATABASES, GENETIC; FEMALE; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LACTATION; MALE; MILK; NETHERLANDS; NEW ZEALAND; SELECTION BIAS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0035514274     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(01)74703-0     Document Type: Article

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