Jivanji, Swati http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6824-1730
Worth, Gemma
Lopdell, Thomas J.
Yeates, Anna
Couldrey, Christine
Reynolds, Edwardo
Tiplady, Kathryn
McNaughton, Lorna
Johnson, Thomas J. J.
Davis, Stephen R.
Harris, Bevin
Spelman, Richard
Snell, Russell G.
Garrick, Dorian
Littlejohn, Mathew D.
Funding for this research was provided by:
Ministry for Primary Industries
Article History
Received: 11 December 2018
Accepted: 25 October 2019
First Online: 8 November 2019
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: All animal experiments were conducted in strict accordance with the rules and guidelines outlined in the New Zealand Animal Welfare Act 1999. Most data were generated as part of routine commercial activities that are outside the scope of those requiring formal committee assessment and ethical approval (as defined by the above guidelines). Approval was sought for coat scoring procedures that were not based on pre-existing photographs, and subsequently approved by the AgResearch Animal Ethics Committee, Hamilton, New Zealand (approval AEC 14090).
: Not applicable.
: AY, CC, GW, KT, LM, TJJJ, TJL, SRD, BH, RS, ML are employees of Livestock Improvement Corporation, a commercial provider of bovine germplasm. The remaining authors declare that they have no competing interests.