Merging and characterising phenotypic data on conventional and rare traits from dairy cattle experimental resources in three countries

This study set out to demonstrate the feasibility of merging data from different experimental resource dairy populations for joint genetic analyses. Data from four experimental herds located in three different countries (Scotland, Ireland and the Netherlands) were used for this purpose. Animals were...

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Main Authors: G. Banos, M.P. Coffey, R.F. Veerkamp, D.P. Berry, E. Wall
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2012-01-01
Series:Animal
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1751731111002655