Sheep breeding schemes utilising artificial insemination; large-scale simulation with a complex breeding goal
Alternative Norwegian sheep breeding schemes were evaluated by stochastic simulation of a breeding population with about 120 000 ewes, considering the gain for an aggregate genotype including nine traits and also the rate of inbreeding. The schemes were: a scheme where both young unproven rams (test...
Main Authors: | L.S. Eikje, L.R. Schaeffer, T. Ådnøy, G. Klemetsdal |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2011-01-01
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Series: | Animal |
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Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1751731110002053 |
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