A study on the inheritance and phenotypic and genetic interrelationships among some physiological and productive variables in Jersey cows : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Agricultural Science, Massey University of Manawatu, New Zealand
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1964
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Massey University
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Field studies were made on mixed age, lactating Jersey
cows (130 dams and 143 daughters) from 18 herds in the district of
Manawatu (New Zealand) during the summer of 1963-64 with the following
objectives :
(i) to measure the variation present in the physiological variables ;
(ii) to estimate the heritability of the physiological variables ;
(iii) to estimate phenotypic correlations between the physiological
variables ;
(iv) to estimate genetic correlations between the physiological
variables ;
(v) to estimate phenotypic correlations between the physiological
variables and the productive variables ; and
(vi) to estimate genetic correlations between the physiological
variables and the productive variables.
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Jersey cattle, Physiology, Dairy cattle, Climatic factors, New Zealand, Manawatu