Genetic parameters for calving difficulty using complex genetic models in five beef breeds in Australia

Title
Genetic parameters for calving difficulty using complex genetic models in five beef breeds in Australia
Publication Date
2016
Author(s)
Jeyaruban, M Gilbert
( author )
OrcID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0231-0120
Email: gjeyarub@une.edu.au
UNE Id une-id:gjeyarub
Johnston, David
( author )
OrcID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4995-8311
Email: djohnsto@une.edu.au
UNE Id une-id:djohnsto
Tier, Bruce
Graser, Hans-Ulrich
Type of document
Journal Article
Language
en
Entity Type
Publication
Publisher
CSIRO Publishing
Place of publication
Australia
DOI
10.1071/AN14571
UNE publication id
une:19408
Abstract
Data on Angus (ANG), Charolais (CHA), Hereford (HER), Limousin (LIM) and Simmental (SIM) cattle were used to estimate genetic parameters for calving difficulty (CD), birthweight (BWT) and gestation length (GL) using threshold-linear models and to examine the effect of inclusion of random effect of sire x herd interaction (SxH) in the models. ... Genetic parameters obtained for BWT, GL and CD, by fitting SxH as an additional random effect, are more appropriate to use in the genetic evaluation of calving ease in BREEDPLAN.
Link
link
Citation
Animal Production Science, 56(5), p. 927-933
ISSN
1836-5787
1836-0939
Start page
927
End page
933

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