Implementation of a sire-maternal grandsire model for evaluation of calving ease in the United States

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 86, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 3366-3373

  Van Tassell, C P ^a,b   Wiggans, G R ^a   Misztal, I ^c  

^a Anim Improvement Programs Lab   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Calving ease; Dystocia; Genetic evaluation; Threshold model

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIRTH; BREEDING; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; DYSTOCIA; FEMALE; GENETICS; MALE; PARITY; PEDIGREE; PREGNANCY; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BREEDING; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DYSTOCIA; FEMALE; MALE; PARITY; PARTURITION; PEDIGREE; PREGNANCY; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0642281179     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(03)73940-X     Document Type: Article

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