Estimation of milkability breeding values and variance components for Italian Holstein

The importance of milkability as a trait is growing because of the need to efficiently use labor and machinery; therefore, it is crucial to update the statistical model for the trait to improve the accuracy of the estimated breeding values, and thus provide a more accurate tool for decision-making a...

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Main Authors: Ferdinando Galluzzo, Jan-Thijs van Kaam, Raffaella Finocchiaro, Maurizio Marusi, Shogo Tsuruta, Martino Cassandro
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2022-05-01
Series:JDS Communications
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666910222000230