Articles

• Preface

  G Banos

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• Alternative weighing factors for daughter information in international genetic evaluations: Progress report

  F Fikse, G Banos

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• Deriving simple equations for evaluations of bulls in the Interbull MACE system

  R Mrode, G Swanson

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• A simple approximation to the reliability of Interbull proofs for foreign bulls

  L p Jones

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• Effect of standardisation of within country-year sire variance of de-regressed proofs on international evaluations

  M Cassandro, F Miglior, P Carnier, G Bittante, F Canavesi, E Santus, G Banos

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• Effectiveness of MACE in accounting for differences in heritabilities among countries

  F Cavanesi, A Bagnato, F A Miglior

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• Effect of data and model selection on estimated genetic correlations between countries

  K A Weigel, B Klei, R Reents, R W Everett

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• Estimating the between country genetic correlation using four different methods

  S van der Beek

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• Attempts to reconcile calibration formulae

  R Thompson, R Mrode

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• Analysis of first lactation test day milk yields by random regression model

  A Kettunen, E A Mäntysaari, I Strandén

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• Multiple trait random regression test day model for production traits

  J Jamrozik, L R Schaeffer, Z Liu, G Jansen

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• Experiences with a genetic evaluation using test day data

  R Reents, L Dopp, F Reinhardt

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• Estimation of (co)variance components of test day yields for U.S. Holsteins

  N Gengler, A Tijani, G R Wiggans, J C Philpot

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• Prediction of 305-day milk yield from a limited number of test days using a test day model

  M H Pool, T.H.E. Meuwissen

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• Effect of cell size in test day models

  E Grünhagen, H H Swalve

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• Herd-test-date clustering

  T Strabel

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• Comparison of different lactation curve sub-models in test day models

  Z Guo, H H Swalve

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• Modelling lactation curves with cubic splines

  I White, S Brotherstone

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• Effects of heterosis and imported germ plasm on production traits estimated in the Danish multi-breed animal model

  P Madsen, J Jensen, U Sander Nielsen

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• The usage of heterosis correction in a multiple breed genetic evaluation

  A Harbers

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• Experience with correction for heterogeneous variance in milk production traits in the Netherlands

  G de Jong

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• Adjusting for seasonal effects in an animal model using fuzzy classification

  E Strandberg, K Grandinsson

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• Estimation of heritability for yield of U.S. dairy cattle

  C P Van Tassell, G R Wiggans, H D Norman, R L Powell

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• Commercial use of bovine somatotrophin in the United States and possible implications in genetic improvement programs

  K A Weigel, T M Fisher

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