Modeling missing parents in single-step test-day SNP-BLUP evaluation of dairy cattle
Dawid Słomian, Kacper Żukowski, Monika Skarwecka, Jan ten Napel, Jérémie Vandenplas, Joanna Szyda
This study compares methods for handling missing parental information in genomic breeding value predictions for dairy cattle, finding that grouping missing parents as genetic groups is more robust for ungenotyped individuals in incomplete pedigrees.
World Congress on Genetics Applied to Livestock Production (WCGALP) · Feb 26, 2026Peer-reviewedAnimal Behavior & Cognition