Comparison between different statistical models for the prediction of direct genetic component on embryo establishment and survival in Italian Brown Swiss dairy cattle

Livestock Science

Volumn 180, Issue , 2015, Pages 6-13

  Tiezzi, F ^b   Maltecca, C ^b   Cecchinato, A ^a   Bittante, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bull fertility; Heritability; Model comparison; Threshold model

Indexed keywords

EID: 84941940825     PISSN: 18711413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.livsci.2015.06.029     Document Type: Article

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