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A linear programme appproach to optimise the new reproductive technologies in commercial dairy herds to maximise net returns
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 20 November 2017
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In Britain a range of new reproductive technologies for increasing annual milk yield through the genetic improvement of the herd or for improving the quality of beef calves produced are becoming available to the dairy industry or at a ‘near market’ state of development. Simulation models evaluating the potential physical and economic consequences of adopting a single technology into a dairy enterprise have been constructed (Yates, Rehman, and Chamberlain, 1995a and 1995b), however, these models rely upon predetermined strategies and do not take into account the potential of using several technologies simultaneously. This paper demonstrates a Markovian decision process which allows the choice of several technologies in determining optimal breeding strategy in economic terms by using a linear programme.
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- Ruminant Reproduction
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- Copyright © The British Society of Animal Science 1995