Use of multiple-trait animal models for genetic evaluation of milk, fat and protein lactation yields of dairy cattle in Belgium

Comparison of computation time between single-trait and multiple-trait evaluations showed that with the use of the canonicat transformation associated with multiple diagonalization of (co)variance matrices, multiple-trait analysis for milk, fat and protein yields is not more expensive than three sin...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Pierre Coenraets, Nicolas Gengler
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Presses Agronomiques de Gembloux 1997-01-01
Series:Biotechnologie, Agronomie, Société et Environnement
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Online Access:http://www.pressesagro.be/base/text/v1n1/26.pdf