The objectives of this study were to determine the importance of the effects of age of dam (AoD), sex (S) and age of calf (AC), month of birth (M) and the interaction between age of dam and sex (AoD*S) on visual scores (VS) for weaning conformation (WC), precocity (WP), muscling (WM) and size (WS) of Angus cattle, and to estimate correction factors for these effects. Data from 11,863 calves, controlled by the Beef Cattle Improvement Program (PROMEBO), between 1989 and […]