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Genomic selection for residual feed intake

Economic benefit of genomic selection for residual feed intake (as a measure of feed conversion efficiency) in Australian dairy cattle

Published: July 17, 2012
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Summary The aim of the Australian Profit Ranking (APR) selection index for Australian dairy cattle is to improve the profitability of dairy farming and assigns weights to milk, fat and protein yield, daughter survival, daughter fertility, somatic cell count, live weight, temperament and likeability according to their contributions to profit and their correlations. Although the index partially ...
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Shrikar Gajanan Kharche
25 de febrero de 2013

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