Browsing by Subject "Variance components"
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Genetic evaluation of growth and reproductive performance of the Afrikaner Cattle Breed
(North-West University (South Africa), 2019)The objective of the current study was to estimate genetic parameters for growth and reproductive traits of the South African Afrikaner cattle population, using different genetic models after accounting for known systematic ... -
Investigating maternal effects on production traits in Duroc pigs using animal and sire models
(Wiley, 2014)Variance components for production traits were estimated using different models to evaluate maternal effects. Data analysed were records from the South African pig performance testing scheme on 22 224 pigs from 18 herds, ...