Linear-threshold animal model for birth weight, gestation length and calving ease in United Kingdom Limousin beef cattle data

Livestock Science

Volumn 122, Issue 2-3, 2009, Pages 143-148

  Matilainen, Kaarina ^a   Mrode, Raphael ^b   Strandén, Ismo ^a   Thompson, Robin ^c   Mäntysaari, Esa A ^a  

^a FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b Scottish Agriculture College   (United Kingdom)

^c ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Beef cattle; Breeding value; Calving ease; Empirical Bayes; Expectation Maximisation; Threshold model

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS;

EID: 67349133159     PISSN: 18711413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.livsci.2008.08.006     Document Type: Article

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