Comparison of international dairy sire evaluations from meta-analysis of national estimated breeding values and direct analysis of individual animal performance records

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 87, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 2599-2605

  Maltecca, C ^a   Bagnato, A ^a   Weigel, K A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Borderless model; Genotype by environment interaction; International sire evaluation

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; MYRISTICA FRAGRANS;

EID: 4243058292     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(04)73385-8     Document Type: Article

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