Components of (co)variance of the days open in Siboney dairy cows Componentes de (co)variância dos dias vazios em vacas leiteiras Siboney

The records of 63,406 calvings of Siboney dairy cows (5/8 Holstein 3/8 Cuban Zebu) were used to estimate the components of covariance of the days open (DO). Five models were used: of repeatability; univariate; bivariate; of random regression with Legendre polynomials and the parity number as predict...

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Main Authors: D. González-Peña, J.L. Espinoza-Villavicencio, D. Guerra, A. Palacios, J.C. Évora, A. Portales
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais 2010-02-01
Series:Arquivo Brasileiro de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-09352010000100019