Computing options for multiple-trait test-day random regression models while accounting for heat tolerance

Journal of Animal Breeding and Genetics

Volumn 127, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 235-241

  Aguilar, I ^a,b   Tsuruta, S ^a   Misztal, I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIÓN AGROPECUARIA INIA   (Uruguay)

Author keywords

Genetic evaluation; Heat stress; Multiple trait random regression

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CATTLE; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; DAIRYING; FEMALE; GENETICS; HEAT; HUMIDITY; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICS;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; COMPUTING METHODOLOGIES; DAIRYING; FEMALE; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMIDITY; MODELS, GENETIC; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 77949966698     PISSN: 09312668     EISSN: 14390388     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0388.2009.00842.x     Document Type: Article

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