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C Hagger is an academic researcher from École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne. The author has contributed to research in topics: Heritability & Feed conversion ratio. The author has an hindex of 2, co-authored 2 publications.
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Litter, permanent environmental, ram-flock, and genetic effects on early weight gain of lambs.
TL;DR: Twelve models were fitted to early growth data of two Swiss sheep breeds to investigate their suitability for evaluation of breeding values, and the ram-flock effect provided a better fit than otherwise identical models.
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Two generations of selection on restricted best linear unbiased prediction breeding values for income minus feed cost in laying hens.
TL;DR: Two generations of selection on restricted BLUP breeding values were applied in an experiment with laying hens, and average EBV for egg weight remained nearly constant after a strong increase in the previous five generations.
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