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Genetic and phenotypic trends in production traits in the United Kingdom (UK) dairy herd

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 November 2021

C. M. Lindberg ,
G. J. T. Swanson  and
R. A. Mrode
C. M. Lindberg
Affiliation:
Animal Data Centre Ltd., Fox Talbot House, Greenways Business Park, Bellinger Close, Chippenham, Wiltshire SN15 1BN, United Kingdom
G. J. T. Swanson
Affiliation:
Animal Data Centre Ltd., Fox Talbot House, Greenways Business Park, Bellinger Close, Chippenham, Wiltshire SN15 1BN, United Kingdom
R. A. Mrode
Affiliation:
Animal Data Centre Ltd., Fox Talbot House, Greenways Business Park, Bellinger Close, Chippenham, Wiltshire SN15 1BN, United Kingdom
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It is important for the dairy industry to be aware of the consequences of past selection policies. This can provide guidance on how to improve or change current breeding schemes. In addition it is important to know how much of current progress is due to breeding and how much to management. The objective of the study was to analyse genetic and phenotypic trends for the production traits (milk, fat and protein) using the results from the latest UK Individual Animal Model evaluations.

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Proceedings of the British Society of Animal Science , Volume 1998 , 1998 , pp. 191
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Copyright © The British Society of Animal Science 1998

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References

Animal Data Centre, 1997. UK Statistics for Genetic Evaluations (Dairy) Google Scholar