Exploring biological relationships between calving traits in primiparous cattle with a Bayesian recursive model

EL de Maturana, XL Wu, D Gianola, KA Weigel… - Genetics, 2009 - academic.oup.com
Structural equation models (SEMs) of a recursive type with heterogeneous structural
coefficients were used to explore biological relationships between gestation length (GL) …

[HTML][HTML] Inferring relationships between health and fertility in Norwegian Red cows using recursive models

B Heringstad, XL Wu, D Gianola - Journal of dairy science, 2009 - Elsevier
Health and fertility are complex traits, and the phenotype for one trait may affect the
phenotype of one or more other traits. For instance, disease in early lactation may impair a …

Bayesian threshold analysis of direct and maternal genetic parameters for piglet mortality at farrowing in Large White, Landrace, and Pietrain populations

N Ibáñez-Escriche, L Varona, J Casellas… - Journal of animal …, 2009 - academic.oup.com
A Bayesian threshold model was fitted to analyze the genetic parameters for farrowing
mortality at the piglet level in Large White, Landrace, and Pietrain populations. Field data …

[PDF][PDF] 6 Allgemeine Diskussion

A DISKUSSION - Prävention psychischer Störungen am … - archiv.ub.uni-heidelberg.de
6 Allgemeine Diskussion Page 138 ALLGEMEINE DISKUSSION 132 6 ALLGEMEINE
DISKUSSION Übergreifendes Ziel dieser Dissertation war es, die Folgen psychischer Belastung …

Genetic analysis of claw disorders and relationships with production and type traits

S König, XL Wu, D Gianola, H Simianer - Breeding for robustness in cattle, 2009 - brill.com
Generalised linear mixed models (GLMMs) with a logit link function as well as linear and
threshold models in a Bayesian framework were applied for the genetic analysis of four …

[PDF][PDF] Simultaneous and recursive random regression models for milk yield and somatic cell score in Canadian Holsteins

J Jamrozik, J Bohmanova, LR Schaeffer - Interbull Bulletin, 2009 - journal.interbull.org
The inclusion of feed efficiency into breeding objectives for dairy cattle has been a topic of
discussion for many years. As feed costs rise and the environmental impacts of agriculture …