TEST-DAY MILK, FAT AND PROTEIN YIELDS AS SELECTION CRITERIA IN EGYPTIAN BUFFALO

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

• Manal M. El-Bramony ¹
• A. A. Ashmawy ²
• Kawthar A. Mourad ³
• H. A. El-Regalaty ³

¹ Animal Production Research Institute, Ministry of Agriculture and Land Reclamation, Dokki, Giza, Egypt

² Department of Animal Production, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Ain Shams, Cairo, Egypt

³ Animal Production Research Institute, Ministry of Agriculture and Land Reclamation, Dokki, Giza, Egypt,

Keywords

• Buffalo cows
• test-day yields
• genetic correlations
• expected correlated genetic gain
• breeding scheme