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The development of a markov chain model for the potential effects of embryo transfer on milk production in commercial dairy herds

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2017

C. M. Yates ,
T. Rehman  and
A. T. Chamberlain
C. M. Yates
Affiliation:
The University of Reading, Department of Agriculture, Earley Gate, P.O.Box 236, Reading, RG6 2AT
T. Rehman
Affiliation:
The University of Reading, Department of Agriculture, Earley Gate, P.O.Box 236, Reading, RG6 2AT
A. T. Chamberlain
Affiliation:
The University of Reading, Department of Agriculture, Earley Gate, P.O.Box 236, Reading, RG6 2AT
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There are now a range of new reproductive technologies which are actually or potentially available for use in commercial dairy cows. To obtain an economic assessment of adopting the use of such new technologies, the effects of the technology adoption on milk production resulting from genetic lift, generic gain and the conception rate have to be estimated. This paper demonstrates a Markov chain model which allows die estimation of these effects by considering the change in physiological state of individual cows and the genetic improvement through me use of embryo transfer to produce replacement heifers.

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Ruminant Reproduction
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Proceedings of the British Society of Animal Science , Volume 1995 , March 1995 , pp. 133
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Copyright © The British Society of Animal Science 1995

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