Genetic associations between reproductive and linear-type traits of Holstein cows in Brazil

ABSTRACT This study aimed to estimate heritability, genetic, and residual correlations between reproductive traits such as age at first calving, calving interval, dry period, and first service period and linear type traits measured in Holstein cows born between the years 1990 and 2008 in Brazil. The...

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Main Authors: Tatiana Prestes Almeida, Elisandra Lurdes Kern, Darlene dos Santos Daltro, José Braccini Neto, Concepta McManus, André Thaler Neto, Jaime Araujo Cobuci
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Zootecnia
Series:Revista Brasileira de Zootecnia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-35982017000200091&lng=en&tlng=en