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The use of pedigree estimates of genetic merit to predict progeny performance of Holstein Friesian bulls tested in the UK

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 November 2021

B.J. McGuirk ,
J. Smith  and
R. Mrode
B.J. McGuirk
Affiliation:
Genus, Bays Leap Farm, Heddon on the Wall, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE15 0JW, United Kingdom
J. Smith
Affiliation:
Genus, Bays Leap Farm, Heddon on the Wall, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE15 0JW, United Kingdom
R. Mrode
Affiliation:
Animal Data Centre Ltd, Fox Talbot House, Greenways Business Park, Bellinger Close, Chippenham, Wilts. SN15 1BN, United Kingdom
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Over the past 10 years, dairy breeding in the United Kingdom has switched from British Friesian to the North American type Holstein. Many of the bulls entering progeny testing in the UK in that period were sourced from overseas bull mothers, especially from the US. The aim of this study was to compare current predictions of the genetic merit of those bulls, using pedigree information, with the performance of their UK daughters.

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Proceedings of the British Society of Animal Science , Volume 1997 , 1997 , pp. 26
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Copyright © British Society of Animal Science 1997

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Swanson, G.J.T. and Bellamy, H. Joanne 1989. A comparison between the actual progeny test of Friesian/Holstein bulls and indexes calculated from pedigree information. Animal Production 48: 37–41.CrossRefGoogle Scholar