A mating method accounting for inbreeding and multi-trait selection in dairy cattle populations

<p/> <p>Selection in dairy cattle populations usually takes into account both the breed profiles for many traits and their overall estimated breeding values (EBV). This can result in effective contributions of breeding animals departing substantially from contributions optimised for savi...

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Main Authors: de Preaumont Hervé, Tual Kevin, Colleau Jean-Jacques, Regaldo Didier
Format: Article
Language:deu
Published: BMC 2009-01-01
Series:Genetics Selection Evolution
Online Access:http://www.gsejournal.org/content/41/1/7