Industry benefits from recent genetic progress in sheep and beef populations

An analytical model that evaluates the benefits from 10 years of genetic improvement over a 20-year time frame was specified. Estimates of recent genetic trends in recorded traits, industry statistics and published estimates of the economic values of trait changes were used to parameterise the model...

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Main Authors: P.R. Amer, G.J. Nieuwhof, G.E. Pollott, T. Roughsedge, J. Conington, G. Simm
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2007-01-01
Series:Animal
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S175173110700078X