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Title: | Estimates of covariance functions for growth of Nelcore cattle applying a parametric correlation structure to model within-animal correlations | Contributor(s): | Albuquerque, LG (author); Meyer, Karin (author) | Publication Date: | 2005 | DOI: | 10.1016/j.livprodsci.2004.10.006 | Handle Link: | https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/2873 | Abstract: | A total of 20,065 weights recorded on 3016 Nelore animals were used to estimate covariance functions for growth from birth to 630 days of age, assuming a parametric correlation structure to model within-animal correlations. The model of analysis included fixed effects of contemporary groups and age of dam as quadratic covariable. Mean trends were taken into account by a cubic regression on orthogonal polynomials of animal age. Genetic effects of the animal and its dam and maternal permanent environmental effects were modelled by random regressions on Legendre polynomials of age at recording. Changes in direct permanent environmental effect variances were modelled by a polynomial variance function, together with a parametric correlation function to account for correlations between ages. Stationary and nonstationary models were used to model within-animal correlations between different ages. Residual variances were considered homogeneous or heterogeneous, with changes modelled by a step or polynomial function of age at recording. Based on Bayesian information criterion, a model with a cubic variance function combined with a nonstationary correlation function for permanent environmental effects, with 49 parameters to be estimated, fitted best. Modelling within-animal correlations through a parametric correlation structure can describe the variation pattern adequately. Moreover, the number of parameters to be estimated can be decreased substantially compared to a model fitting random regression on Legendre polynomial of age. | Publication Type: | Journal Article | Source of Publication: | Livestock Production Science, 93(3), p. 213-222 | Publisher: | Elsevier BV | Place of Publication: | Netherlands | ISSN: | 1872-6070 0301-6226 1871-1413 |
Fields of Research (FoR) 2008: | 070201 Animal Breeding | Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2008: | 830301 Beef Cattle | Peer Reviewed: | Yes | HERDC Category Description: | C1 Refereed Article in a Scholarly Journal | Publisher/associated links: | http://nla.gov.au/anbd.bib-an2967552 |
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Appears in Collections: | Animal Genetics and Breeding Unit (AGBU) Journal Article |
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