Some genetic parameters of milk production in the Holstein breed
Articles > Article ยท 2002
Authors: O Ertugrul, Mehmet Nurullah ORMAN, G Guneren
TURKISH JOURNAL OF VETERINARY & ANIMAL SCIENCES, Journal Indexed in SCI Expanded, International, 2002, vol 26, pp 463-469
Summary
This study was carried out to estimate the heritabilities and the genetic and phenotypic correlations between some milk production traits in Holstein cows in Ceylanpinar State Farm. A mixed-model equation was used in the study. The heritabilities and the genetic correlations were estimated by the Restricted Maximum Likelihood method (REML) for all the variables. Phenotypic correlations were estimated from measurements of the traits. Paternal half-sib correlations were used for the estimation of the heritability values.