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Factors affecting accuracy in the evaluation of progeny tests of growth rate in cattle

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 September 2010

P. D. P. Wood
P. D. P. Wood
Affiliation:
Milk Marketing Board, Thames Ditton, Surrey
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Summary

Two progeny tests for beef, one using 452 calves brought centrally to a test centre, the other using 768 calves commercially fattened on 81 farms, were compared to isolate environmental sources of variation. It was concluded that appreciable reduction of error variance ensued from the use of a growth curve, the maintenance of pen identity, and the removal of variation due to pens and months of birth. The fixed effects model underlying the experimental design on the centre yielded relatively robust estimates of variance components.

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Research Article
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Animal Production , Volume 12 , Issue 4 , November 1970 , pp. 585 - 590
Copyright
Copyright © British Society of Animal Science 1970

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