Variance reduction and measurement errors in estimating lactation milk yields using best prediction: An analytical review

Best prediction (BP) has been used in the United States to estimate unobserved daily and lactation yields from known test-day yields since 1999. This method has proven more accurate than its predecessors. However, it has 2 remarkable challenges in practice. First, BP reduces the variance of estimate...

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Main Authors: Xiao-Lin Wu, Paul M. VanRaden, John Cole, H. Duane Norman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2025-03-01
Series:JDS Communications
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666910224001844
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