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Which new traits are expected to be available in the near future?
Egger-Danner, C.; Cole, J.B.; Pryce, J. et al.
2013In Book of Abstracts of the 64th Annual Meeting of the European Federation of Animal Science
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Keywords :
milk production; functional traits; mid-infrared
Abstract :
[en] For several decades breeding goals in cattle were strongly linked to increases in milk production. Due to negative genetic correlations of milk yield with fitness traits there was an accompanying reduction in genetic merit for functional traits. Herd management is therefore challenged to compensate these in order to allow economically feasible milk production. Functional traits, such as direct information of cow health, have also increased in importance because of animal well-being and consumer demands for healthy and natural products. Sustainability and efficiency are also increasing in importance because of growing competition for high-quality, plant-based sources of energy and protein. For data recording efforts to succeed it is crucial that there is a balance of effort with benefits. To keep the labor associated with recording reasonable it is important that existing data sources be used. Examples include the use of milk composition data to provide additional information about the metabolic status or energy balance of the animals. Recent advances in the indirect use of mid infrared spectroscopy have to be mentioned. Other data sources already may exist in countries with compulsory recording of veterinary treatments and drug use Additional sources of data outside of the farm include e. g. slaughter houses, and veterinary labs. On farm level huge amounts of data are increasingly available from automated and semi-automated milking- and management systems. In order to develop effective selection programs for new traits, the development of large databases is necessary.
Disciplines :
Animal production & animal husbandry
Author, co-author :
Egger-Danner, C.
Cole, J.B.
Pryce, J.
Gengler, Nicolas  ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Agronomie, Bio-ingénierie et Chimie (AgroBioChem) > Ingénierie des productions animales et nutrition
Heringstad, B.
Bradley, A.
Stock, K.F.
Language :
English
Title :
Which new traits are expected to be available in the near future?
Publication date :
28 August 2013
Event name :
64th Annual Meeting of the European Federation of Animal Science
Event organizer :
EAAP - European Association for Animal Production
Event place :
Nantes, France
Event date :
26-30 August 2013
Audience :
International
Main work title :
Book of Abstracts of the 64th Annual Meeting of the European Federation of Animal Science
Publisher :
Wageningen Academic Publishers, Wageningen, Netherlands
Edition :
Nantes 2013
ISBN/EAN :
978-90-8686-228-3
Collection name :
Nº. 19
Pages :
185
Peer reviewed :
Peer reviewed
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