variance component estimation; test day model; multitrait evaluation; heritability; longitudinal data
Abstract :
[en] (Co)variance components for milk, fat, and protein yields during first lactation were estimated from data for test days from 23,029 Holstein cows from 37 herds in Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. Four lactation stages of 75 d were defined, and the test day nearest the center of each interval was used. In four analyses, a lactation stage was added, and observations with missing values were deleted; 17,190 observations were available for the final analysis of lactations with test days in all lactation stages. Missing values were deleted because a canonical transformation was used for estimation of (co)variance matrices. Heritability estimates were similar across analyses, which indicated little effect from selection. Heritabilities usually increased with lactation stage and were highest for milk; mean heritability estimates were 0.19 for milk, 0.14 for fat, and 0.16 for protein. Phenotypic and genetic correlations were higher between milk and protein than between milk and fat. Within a yield trait, genetic correlation declined from ≥0.90 for adjacent stages to 0.75 for milk and protein and to 0.82 for fat between initial and final lactation stages. Within lactation stage, mean genetic correlations were 0.40 between milk and fat, 0.78 between milk and protein, and 0.56 between fat and protein; corresponding mean phenotypic correlations were 0.64, 0.91, and 0.66. The effect of solving the model iteratively was examined with records that had been adjusted using solutions from fitting the full model. Heritabilities for the beginning of lactation increased slightly with the iterative solution, which indicated a better model fit.
Disciplines :
Genetics & genetic processes Animal production & animal husbandry
Author, co-author :
Gengler, Nicolas ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech > Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech
Tijani, A.
Wiggans, G. R.
Van Tassell, C. P.
Philpot, J. C.
Language :
English
Title :
Estimation of (co)variances of test day yields for first lactation Holsteins in the United States
Publication date :
January 1999
Journal title :
Journal of Dairy Science
ISSN :
0022-0302
eISSN :
1525-3198
Publisher :
American Dairy Science Association, Champaign, United States - Illinois
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