Genetic and environmental effects of test day milk yield on Holstein cattle

Authors

  • Sabrina Goulart Machado Universidade Estadual Paulista, Faculdade de Ciências Agrárias e Veterinárias, Jaboticabal, SP
  • Maria Armênia Ramalho de Freitas Secretaria de Agricultura e Abastecimento do Estado de São Paulo, Agência Paulista de Tecnologia dos Agronegócios, Instituto de Zootecnia, Estação Experimental de Zootecnia de Ribeirão Preto, Ribeirão Preto, SP
  • Lenira El Faro Secretaria de Agricultura e Abastecimento do Estado de São Paulo, Agência Paulista de Tecnologia dos Agronegócios, Instituto de Zootecnia, Estação Experimental de Zootecnia de Ribeirão Preto, Ribeirão Preto, SP

Keywords:

environmental effects, heritability, milk yield, test day, Holstein cattle

Abstract

Data from 17.968 test day milk yield (PLDC) of first lactations of Holstein cows were studied. Some environmental effects were analysed such as: class of age at calving, interval from calving to first test day and herd-year-season on PLDC. The results showed that the influence of these effects was not constant throughout the lactation.The Restricted Maximum Likelihood estimates of (co)variances components were obtained from a sire model. The heritabilities for PLDC ranged from 0.04 to 0.28. The largest value was obtained in the second third of the lactation (C5 to C7). The results suggest that test day yields can be used in the genetic evaluation and could reduce the generation interval.

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Published

2013-12-05

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ANIMAL BREEDING

How to Cite

Genetic and environmental effects of test day milk yield on Holstein cattle. (2013). Bulletin of Animal Husbandry, 54(2), 25-28. http://35.198.24.243/index.php/bia/article/view/956

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