Calculation of lifetime net income per year (LTNI/year) of Australian Holstein cows to validate the Australian profit ranking of their sires. 2. Validation of the Australian profit ranking of sires and test for genotype by environment interaction based on LTNI/year

Animal Production Science

Volumn 50, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 767-774

  Haile Mariam, M ^a   Bowman, P J ^a   Goddard, M E ^a,b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREEDING POPULATION; CATTLE; DAIRY FARMING; FERTILITY; GENE; GENOTYPE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; INCOME; MALE; MODEL VALIDATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

AUSTRALIA; GIPPSLAND; NEW SOUTH WALES; TASMANIA; VICTORIA [AUSTRALIA];

EID: 77956353157     PISSN: 18360939     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/AN09233     Document Type: Article

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