Search for dissertations about: "Amabel Tenghe"

Found 1 swedish dissertation containing the words Amabel Tenghe.

2. 1. Milk progesterone measures to improve genomic selection for fertility in dairy cows

   Author : Amabel Tenghe; Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet; Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet; []
   Keywords : LANTBRUKSVETENSKAPER; AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES;

   Abstract : Improved reproductive performance has a substantial benefit for the overall profitability of dairy cattle farming by decreasing insemination and veterinary treatment costs, shortening calving intervals, and lowering the rate of involuntary culling. Unfortunately, the low heritability of classical fertility traits derived from calving and insemination data makes genetic improvement by traditional animal breeding slow. READ MORE