Use of sire evaluations for first, all, and later lactations to predict lifetime profit functions of individual daughters

Sire evaluations from first, all, and later lactations for Predicted Difference milk, fat, and dollars on 226 sires were used to predict deviated relative net income. Eleven different relative net incomes were calculated on 176,902 individual cows. Low, medium and high values were used for lifetime product value and feed price. Lifetime product value was actual milk and fat production. Individual relative net income was deviated from contemporaries in the same herd and calving in the same year of first freshening.

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Science

Level thesis:degree_level

masters

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Dairy Science (Genetics and Management)

Department dc:contributor.department

Dairy Science (Genetics and Management)

Grantor dc:publisher

Virginia Tech

Year dc:date.issued

1986

Author dc:creator

• Beaudry, Thomas Fernand

Chair dc:contributor.committeechair

• Cassell, Bennet G.

Committee members dc:contributor.committeemember

• McGilliard, Michael L.
• Pearson, Ronald E.
• Vinson, William E.

Statement dc:rights

• Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 United States

Licence dc:rights.uri

• http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/us/

Language dc:language.iso

en_US

Dc Identifier Other

etd-12182013-040020

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:vtechworks.lib.vt.edu:10919/51125