Keywords
Dairy Day, 1989; Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station contribution; no. 90-140-S; Report of progress (Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station); 580; Dairy; Genetics; Performance; Animal Model (AM)
Abstract
The July 1989 USDA Sire Summary introduced a new system for genetic evaluations in dairy cattle. These evaluations, known as the Animal Model (AM), include several new features that help to increase the accuracy of evaluations compared to the way sire summaries were calculated in the past.; Dairy Day, 1989, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, 1989; The 1989 Annual KSU Dairy Day is known as Dairy Day, 1989
Recommended Citation
Heikes, K.
(1989)
"Changes in genetic evaluation of dairy cattle: the animal model (1989),"
Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station Research Reports:
Vol. 0:
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2.
https://doi.org/10.4148/2378-5977.3004