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Estimation of direct and maternal genetic parameters for weights of Welsh Black Cattle

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 November 2021

Z. Ulutas ,
I. Ap Dewi  and
M. Saatci
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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The importance of maternal effects on birth weight and early growth is well known. These effects represent the contribution of the dam through milk and other aspects of mothering ability (i.e. uterine environment) (Meyer, 1993; Robinson, 1996). In this study a series of animal and animal maternal models were fitted using MTDFREML (Boldman et al., 1995) allowing estimates of direct and maternal genetic paremeters on weights of Welsh Black Cattle.

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Proceedings of the British Society of Animal Science , Volume 1998 , 1998 , pp. 46
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Copyright © The British Society of Animal Science 1998

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