Fertility traits in spring-calving Aberdeen Angus cattle. 2. Model comparison

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 85, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 2861-2865

  Urioste, J I ^a   Misztal, I ^b   Bertrand, J K ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPÚBLICA   (Uruguay)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Beef cattle; Calving day; Calving success; Censored record; Model comparison; Threshold linear model

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BREEDING; CATTLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GENETICS; MALE; PARITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; SEASON; TIME; WEANING;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; BREEDING; CATTLE; FEMALE; FERTILITY; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, GENETIC; PARITY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; SEASONS; TIME FACTORS; WEANING;

ANIMALIA; BOS;

EID: 36148962929     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/jas.2006-550     Document Type: Article

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