Essays about: "estimated breeding value"
Showing result 16 - 20 of 26 essays containing the words estimated breeding value.
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16. Platelet serotonin uptake, N/L ratio and (abnormal) behaviour of pigs with a low or high social breeding value in barren or enriched housing
University essay from SLU/Dept. of Animal Environment and HealthAbstract : Pigs that are kept intensively and in groups may show excessive aggressive and/or manipulative behaviour. These behaviours may cause both welfare problems for the pigs and economic problems for the farmer. These problems may be solved by adjusting the environment the animals are kept in, and by (genetic) selection of animals. READ MORE
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17. Accuracy of quantitative trait nucleotide (QTN) prediction by surrounding SNPs
University essay from SLU/Dept. of Animal Breeding and GeneticsAbstract : Information from thousands of markers distributed across the genome can be used for a new selection method in animal breeding and genetics. This method which is called genomic selection estimated the genomic breeding value based on the estimation of marker effects covering the whole genome. READ MORE
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18. What traits make Swedish dairy cows survive?
University essay from SLU/Dept. of Animal Breeding and GeneticsAbstract : The ability of dairy cows to survive and the economic importance of this have been in-creasing in dairy cattle breeding lately. Increased longevity contribute to an increased pro-portion of cows that produce milk in more productive lactations and reduces the replace-ment costs together with a good health and fertility. READ MORE
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19. Kalvningsintervall hos svenska köttkor : finns det genetisk variation som kan användas i avelsarbetet?
University essay from SLU/Dept. of Animal Breeding and GeneticsAbstract : The Swedish beef cattle population is growing when the dairy cattle become fewer. The fertility of the beef cows is important for the profitability in beef cattle production. Today there is no genetic evaluation for female fertility in Swedish beef cows. READ MORE
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20. Genetisk analys av data från fölbesiktning och jämförelse med resultat vid treårstest
University essay from SLU/Dept. of Animal Breeding and GeneticsAbstract : More than 1000 Swedish Warmblood foals are shown every year at foal inspections which are arranged around the country. Six traits are evaluated at these inspections: type, head-neck-body, correctness of legs, walk, trot and canter. No previous genetic studies have been done on the data from these evaluations. READ MORE
