Glaze, J.B. Jr.Schalles, R.R.2010-08-232010-08-232010-08-23http://hdl.handle.net/2097/4712Weight and milk production records of Polled Hereford cows born from 1967 to 1979 were used to fit growth and lactation curves. A multiple-trait, derivative-free, restricted maximum likelihood (MTDFREML) procedure, utilizing a full animal model, was used to estimate variances and covariances for the components of the growth and lactation curves. For the growth curve, W=A+B(1-e-kt) components A, B, and k each had moderate to high heritabilities ranging from .35 to .72. The genetic correlation between growth curve components A and B was positive (.42), whereas the genetic correlations between A and K (-.34) and between B and K (-.74) were negative. In the lactation curve, Yn=n/(aekm) heritabilities of components k and a were .15 and .40, respectively. The genetic correlation between these lactation curve components was -.78.BeefGrowth curveLactation curveHeritabilityGenetic correlationPolled HerefordConference paper