Genetic parameters for rank of the Santa Inês sheep in agricultural fairs using Bayesian procedures

Genetic parameters for rank of the Santa Inês sheep in agricultural fairs using Bayesian procedures

The aim of this study was to estimate the genetic parameters for the ability of a sheep to rank among the top three in its age category (ABI3) and for its total score (TS) on the judgement championships held in different agricultural fairs in Brazil. Data files included 3180 records referring to 189...

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Main Authors: Anderson Antonio Carvalho Alves, Ana Maria Bezerra Oliveira Lôbo, Olivardo Facó, Luciano Pinheiro da Silva, Raimundo Nonato Braga Lôbo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2016-10-01
Series:Italian Journal of Animal Science
Subjects:
Animal judging
Bayesian methods
heritability
repeatability
threshold traits
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1828051X.2016.1248866

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