Fertility traits in spring-calving Aberdeen Angus cattle. 1. Model development and genetic parameters

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 85, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 2854-2860

  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; Genetic parameter; Threshold linear model

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BREEDING; CATTLE; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GENETICS; MALE; PARITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; SEASON; TIME; WEANING;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; BREEDING; CATTLE; FEMALE; FERTILITY; MALE; MODELS, GENETIC; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE; SEASONS; TIME FACTORS; WEANING;

ANIMALIA; BOS;

EID: 36148981148     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/jas.2006-549     Document Type: Article

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