Genetic evaluation of ovulatory disorders in Austrian Fleckvieh cows: a comparison between linear models and survival analysis

The objective of this study was to compare linear models and survival analysis for genetic evaluation of ovulatory disorders, which included veterinary treatments of silent heat/anestrus and cystic ovaries. Data of 23 450 daughters of 274 Austrian Fleckvieh sires were analyzed. For linear model anal...

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Main Authors: A. Koeck, B. Fuerst-Waltl, J. Sölkner, C. Egger-Danner, G. Mészáros
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2011-01-01
Series:Animal
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1751731111001157