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PRINT: ISSN 2221-1896
ONLINE : ISSN 2223-0343
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Application of multiple-trait random regression animal model to predict
genetic production traits in Iranian Holstein
dairy cattle
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Mostafa Ghaderi-Zefrehei1, Khabat
Kheirabadi2* and Ebrahim Rowghani3
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1Department of Animal Sciences, Faculty of
Agriculture, University of Yasouj, Yasouj, Iran; 2Ph.D
candidate in Animal Breeding and Genetics, Sanandaj, Kurdistan, Iran;
3Department of Animal Sciences, College of Agriculture, Darab
Branch, Islamic Azad University, Darab, Iran
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Abstract |
Genetic parameters of
milk, protein and fat yield traits in Iranian Holstein dairy cattle were
predicted using records gathered in Iran Breeding Centre during 2005 to
2010 across 79 production farms. Information included 276962 test day
(TD) records belonged to 30729 primiparous dairy cows. Estimation with
the assumption of residual variance homogeneity for whole lactation
period was accomplished using restricted maximum likelihood (REML)
method in the framework of multiple-trait random regression animal
model. Estimated heritability for 305 day milk fat and protein yield
showed almost similar results (0.32 to 0.33). For milk yield, predicted
heritability as function of days in milk (DIM) resulted in higher value
for the middle of DIM than both onset and end of milk production
periods. Within traits, estimated correlations for consecutive TD
records were higher and with increasing time interval among TD records.
It became downwardly lower. Correlations between traits were calculated
from covariance components for curve parameters estimated in multi-trait
analysis. The range of genetic and permanent environment correlations
across traits for 305 day production resulted in 0.76 to 0.93 and 0.87
to 0.97, respectively. The highest and lowest aforementioned parameters
were observed among milk protein and milk fat yield, respectively.
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Keywords:
Genetic parameters;
production traits; random regression model |
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To cite this article:
Ghaderi-Zefrehei M, Kh
Kheirabadi and E Rowghani, 2014.
Application of multiple-trait random regression
animal model to predict genetic production traits in Iranian Holstein
dairy cattle.
Res.
Opin. Anim. Vet. Sci., 4(3), 157-162. |
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