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Factors having effects on market value of Welsh Black Cattle in pedigree sales, variance components and estimation of breeding values of sale price

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 November 2021

Z. Ulutas
Affiliation:
School of Agricultural and Forest Sciences, University of Wales, Bangor, Gwynedd, LL57 2UW, UK
I. Ap Dewi
Affiliation:
School of Agricultural and Forest Sciences, University of Wales, Bangor, Gwynedd, LL57 2UW, UK
M. Saatci
Affiliation:
School of Agricultural and Forest Sciences, University of Wales, Bangor, Gwynedd, LL57 2UW, UK
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Few Welsh Black Cattle breeders record their animals as part of formal selection schemes. However there are sale and pedigree data available on Welsh Black Cattle as recorded by the breed society. The aim of the current project was to examine the use of market price as a basis for selection. This is justified on the basis that detailed production records are not available and that price could be considered as an indicator that summarises physical characteristics.

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Copyright © The British Society of Animal Science 1998

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