Genetic (co)variance for sire fertility estimated by additive, non-additive and longitudinal models in Holstein–Zebu cross-bred cows
For this study, we used the results of sire fertility (SF) measured on a monthly basis by the ratio between the number of pregnant cows and the number of inseminations, from a total of 905 140 inseminations carried out in Cuba between 1994 and 2003. These artificial inseminations were made using 815...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2013-01-01
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| Series: | Animal |
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| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1751731112002182 |