Estimation of variance components for some production traits of Iranian Holstein dairy cattle using Bayesian and AI-REML methods

The used data set included the records of 131990 Iranian Holstein dairy cattle for first three lactations that were collected from 1981 to 2008 time period by Animal Breeding Center, Iran. The traits which were considered for 305 days of lactation included milk, fat and protein yield and percentages...

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Main Author: Sadegh Alijani*, Mehdi Jasouri, Nasrolah Pirany and Hossein Daghigh Kia
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Agriculture, Faisalabad 2012-10-01
Series:Pakistan Veterinary Journal
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Online Access:http://pvj.com.pk/pdf-files/32_4/562-566.pdf