Direct and Correlated Responses to Selection for Milk Yield: Results and Conclusions of Regional Project NC-2, “Improvement of Dairy Cattle through Breeding, with Emphasis on Selection”

Large Dairy Herd Management

1979 • 564 citations

Increased Milk Production Versus Reproductive and Energy Status of High Producing Dairy Cows

1990 • 287 citations

Reliable phenotypic and genetic parameters in dairy cattle.

1974 • 144 citations

Effect of Selection for Milk Production and General Health of the Dairy Cow

1978 • 98 citations

Prediction of Sire Transmitting Abilities for Herd Life from Transmitting Abilities for Linear Type Traits

1992 • 96 citations

Health Care Requirements of Dairy Cattle. I. Response to Milk Yield Selection

1979 • 93 citations

Relationships between Body Measurements, Body Weight, and Productivity in Holstein Dairy Cows

1988 • 91 citations

Response of Health Care to Selection for Milk Yield of Dairy Cattle

1994 • 75 citations

Profitability in Daughters of High Versus Average Holstein Sires Selected for Milk Yield of Daughters

1985 • 70 citations

Genetic Correlations Between Survival and Linear Type Traits Measured in First Lactation

1989 • 50 citations

Reproductive Performance in Genetic Lines Selected for High or Average Milk Yield

1991 • 46 citations

Association of Type Traits Scored Linearly with Production and Herdlife of Holsteins

1989 • 45 citations

Growth of Calves Fed Colostrum Naturally Fermented, or Preserved with Propionic Acid or Formaldehyde

1977 • 44 citations

Effects of lactational level on reactivation of ovarian function, and interval from parturition to first visual oestrus and conception in high-producing holstein cows

1989 • 40 citations

Comparison of Holsteins Selected for High and Average Milk Production. 2. Health and Reproductive Response to Selection for Milk

1994 • 40 citations

Single and Multiple Trait Sire Selection. First Lactation Milk Yield and Composition, Conformation, Feed Intake, Efficiency, and Net Income

1981 • 35 citations

New Approach to Experimental Designs for Selection Studies in Dairy Cattle and Other Species

1969 • 33 citations

The Usefulness of Selection for Yield and Functional Type Traits

1989 • 32 citations

Estimation of Genetic Change in the Registered Holstein Cattle Population

1985 • 31 citations

Responses of Yield and Conformation to Selection for Milk in a Designed Experiment with a Control Population

1993 • 26 citations

Genetic Change in Milk Yield Estimated from Simultaneous Genetic Evaluation of Bulls and Cows

1986 • 23 citations

Reproductive Performance from Daughters of Single and Multiple Trait Selected Sires

1981 • 21 citations

Comparison of Holsteins Selected for High and Average Milk Production. 1. Net Income and Production Response to Selection for Milk

1994 • 19 citations

Correlated Response of Udder Dimensions to Selection for Milk Yield in Holsteins

1985 • 18 citations

Rates of Milk Flow and Milking Times Resulting from Selection for Milk Yield

1986 • 18 citations

Review of Regional Project NC-2

1977 • 16 citations

Realized Versus Expected Gains in Milk and Fat Production of Holstein Cattle, Considering the Effects of Days Open

1997 • 11 citations

Performance of Daughters of High and Average Predicted Difference Sires

1982 • 5 citations

The effect of selection for milk yield on milk flow and udder measurements

1983 • 4 citations

Genetic study of immunological parameters in periparturient Holstein cows

1993 • 4 citations

Utilization of Genetically Elite Holstein Cows

1993 • 2 citations