Estimation of genetic parameters in dairy cattle using an animal model and implications for genetic improvement

The aim of this study was to estimate genetic parameters in the U.K. pedigree Holstein-Friesian (HF) population using an animal model (AM), and to investigate some implications of the results for genetic improvement. In a theoretical study it was shown that little bias in estimating variances compon...

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Main Author: Visscher, Peter Martin
Published: University of Edinburgh 1991
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.663290