Multivariate REML estimates of genetic parameters of monthly test day milk production traits in first parity Iranian Holstein cows with the use of a repeatability test day model
| Autor: | H. Farhangfar, P. Rowlinson, M. B. Willis |
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| Rok vydání: | 2003 |
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| Zdroj: | Proceedings of the British Society of Animal Science. 2003:139-139 |
| ISSN: | 1752-7570 1752-7562 |
| DOI: | 10.1017/s1752756200012989 |
| Popis: | In practical dairy cattle breeding programmes, usually a small number of animals (selected from a large population) have a major influence on the genetic gain of the concerned population over a period of time (Hofer, 1998). Candidate animals are usually selected based on their breeding values that are predicted by using animal models. In order to predict breeding values, genetic parameters (calculated from variance and covariance components) of the traits under consideration should be estimated to be used in genetic evaluation systems either based on lactation or test day models. The use of test day models has increasingly become of interest in genetic evaluation of dairy cattle due to the fact that they can take more accurate account of the effects of environmental factors influencing test day milk yield over the course of lactation. The main objective of this study was to use a repeatability test day animal model to estimate genetic parameters of monthly test day milk production traits in first parity Iranian Holsteins. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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