Improvement in accuracy using records lacking sire information in the animal model
Four alternative methods were examined with computer simulated data to improve accuracy of animal model genetic evaluations by including records lacking sire identification. Methods 1 and 2 assumed genetic values of cows missing sire identity were population and management group average, respectivel...
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Virginia Tech
2014
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10919/39430 http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-09202005-091013/ |