Stillbirth (Co)Variance Components for a Sire-Maternal Grandsire Threshold Model and Development of a Calving Ability Index for Sire Selection
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Stillbirth (co)variance components for a sire-maternal grandsire threshold model and development of a calving ability index for sire selection.
(Co)variance components for stillbirth in US Holsteins were estimated under a sire-maternal grandsire threshold model using subsets of data from the national calving ease database, which includes over 6 million calving records with associated stillbirth scores. Stillbirth was coded as a binomial trait indicating whether the calf was alive 48 h postpartum. Records were selected for calves whose ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Dairy Science
سال: 2007
ISSN: 0022-0302
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2006-436