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Genetic correlations among body condition score, body weight, and fertility in dairy cows

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2017

D. P. Berry ,
F. Buckley ,
P. Dillon ,
R. D. Evans ,
M. Rath  and
R. F. Veerkamp
D. P. Berry*
Affiliation:
Dairy Production Department, Teagasc, Moorepark, Fermoy, Co. Cork, Ireland. Faculty of Agriculture, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland.
F. Buckley
Affiliation:
Dairy Production Department, Teagasc, Moorepark, Fermoy, Co. Cork, Ireland.
P. Dillon
Affiliation:
Dairy Production Department, Teagasc, Moorepark, Fermoy, Co. Cork, Ireland.
R. D. Evans
Affiliation:
Dairy Production Department, Teagasc, Moorepark, Fermoy, Co. Cork, Ireland.
M. Rath
Affiliation:
Faculty of Agriculture, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland.
R. F. Veerkamp
Affiliation:
ID-Lelystad, P.O. Box 65, 8200 AB Lelystad, The Netherlands.
*
Email:dberry@moorepark.teagasc.ie
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Interest is accruing in indicator traits as predictors of fertility which: 1) can be more easily recorded; 2) can be measured early in life; and, 3) possess a co-heritability that is larger than the heritability of the fertility traits. Potentially interesting indicator traits include body condition score (BCS) and body weight (BW). The objective of this study was to estimate genetic (co) variances between BCS, BCS change, BW, BW change, and fertility traits in dairy cattle.

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ISAE/BSAS
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Proceedings of the British Society of Animal Science , Volume 2003 , 2003 , pp. 55
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Copyright © The British Society of Animal Science 2003

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Berry, D.P., Buckley, F., Dillon, P., Evans, R.D., Rath, M. and Veerkamp, R.F. 2002. Genetic parameters for level and change of body condition score and body weight in dairy cows. Journal of Dairy Science 85: 2030–2039.Google Scholar
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