Genetic evaluation for persistency of lactation in Holstein cows using a random regression model

A model for analyzing test day records including both fixed and random coefficients was applied to the genetic evaluation of first lactation data for Holstein cows. Data comprising 87045 test-day milk yield records from calving between 1997 and 2001 from Holstein herds in 10 regions of the Brazilian...

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Main Authors: Jaime Araujo Cobuci, Ricardo Frederico Euclydes, Claudio Napolis Costa, Robledo de Almeida Torres, Paulo Sávio Lopes, Carmen Silva Pereira
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Genética 2007-03-01
Series:Genetics and Molecular Biology
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1415-47572007000300009