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Maternal and cytoplasmic inheritance was investigated in a closed Angus herd. Observed traits were birth weight, weaning weight, adjusted body weight, average daily gain, hock length and scrotal circumference. Each animal ...

Genomic selection has emerged as an effective approach in dairy cattle breeding, in which the key is prediction of genetic merit using dense SNP genotypes, i.e., genomic prediction. To improve the accuracy of genomic ...

The objectives of this dissertation were to: 1) develop and validate equations used to estimate individual cow dry matter intake (DMI; kg/d) based on a nitrogen (N) balance approach, 2) determine the discriminatory power ...