Developing a genetic evaluation system for milk traits in Russian black and white dairy cattle

Mixed linear models have been applied for predicting breeding values of dairy cattle in most of the developed countries since the 1980s. However, the Russian Federation is still using the old contemporary comparison method. The objective of our study was to develop a best linear unbiased prediction...

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Main Authors: Andrei Andreevich Kudinov, Jarmo Juga, Esa A. Mäntysaari, Ismo Strandén, Ekaterina I. Saksa, Michael G. Smaragdov, Pekka Uimari
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Scientific Agricultural Society of Finland 2018-06-01
Series:Agricultural and Food Science
Online Access:https://journal.fi/afs/article/view/69772