Estimation of variance components of milk yield and genetic evaluation of Sahiwal cattle using mixed linear models

First lactation 305 days milk yield (FL305DMY) records (2032) on Sahiwal cows, maintained at 3 different farms in India were analyzed to estimate the impact of direct additive genetic, maternal additive genetic and cow’s permanent environmental effects on milk yield and to compare sire model (BLUP)...

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Main Authors: Kumar, A., Gandhi, R.S., Haile, Aynalem
Format: Journal Article
Language:Inglés
Published: 2011
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/67300
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description First lactation 305 days milk yield (FL305DMY) records (2032) on Sahiwal cows, maintained at 3 different farms in India were analyzed to estimate the impact of direct additive genetic, maternal additive genetic and cow’s permanent environmental effects on milk yield and to compare sire model (BLUP) with 3 different animal models i.e. simple univariate model (AM I), univariate model with maternal effect and cow’s permanent environmental effect (AM II) and multivariate model (AM III) of sire evaluation. The sire model of BLUP was least capable to estimate genetic differences amongst bulls. The heritability estimate for milk yield using sire model was lowest (0.141), followed by animal Models, viz. AM II (0.236), AM III (0.260) and AM I (0.292). Among animal models, lowest estimate of heritability obtained using AM II indicated for presence of significant amount of maternal additive genetic variance (26485.05 kg2) and maternal effect explained 11.1 % of total phenotypic variation in milk yield. The permanent environmental effect of cows explained 2.5 % variation of milk yield. The AM II was most effective model in terms of efficiency and accuracy over other models of sire evaluation. The rank correlations amongst the estimated breeding values of sires for FL305DMY were higher ranging from 0.898 (sire model versus AM III) to 0.991 (AM I versus AM II) indicating similarity in ranking of sires to the degree of 90 percent and above from different methods of Sahiwal sire evaluation.
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spelling CGSpace673002023-01-19T07:12:48Z Estimation of variance components of milk yield and genetic evaluation of Sahiwal cattle using mixed linear models Kumar, A. Gandhi, R.S. Haile, Aynalem cattle dairies livestock research First lactation 305 days milk yield (FL305DMY) records (2032) on Sahiwal cows, maintained at 3 different farms in India were analyzed to estimate the impact of direct additive genetic, maternal additive genetic and cow’s permanent environmental effects on milk yield and to compare sire model (BLUP) with 3 different animal models i.e. simple univariate model (AM I), univariate model with maternal effect and cow’s permanent environmental effect (AM II) and multivariate model (AM III) of sire evaluation. The sire model of BLUP was least capable to estimate genetic differences amongst bulls. The heritability estimate for milk yield using sire model was lowest (0.141), followed by animal Models, viz. AM II (0.236), AM III (0.260) and AM I (0.292). Among animal models, lowest estimate of heritability obtained using AM II indicated for presence of significant amount of maternal additive genetic variance (26485.05 kg2) and maternal effect explained 11.1 % of total phenotypic variation in milk yield. The permanent environmental effect of cows explained 2.5 % variation of milk yield. The AM II was most effective model in terms of efficiency and accuracy over other models of sire evaluation. The rank correlations amongst the estimated breeding values of sires for FL305DMY were higher ranging from 0.898 (sire model versus AM III) to 0.991 (AM I versus AM II) indicating similarity in ranking of sires to the degree of 90 percent and above from different methods of Sahiwal sire evaluation. 2011 2015-07-15T06:53:41Z 2015-07-15T06:53:41Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/67300 en Open Access Kumar, A., Gandhi, R.S. and Haile, A. 2011. Estimation of variance components of milk yield and genetic evaluation of Sahiwal cattle using mixed linear models. Indian Journal of Animal Sciences 81 (6): 605–609.
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dairies
livestock
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Kumar, A.
Gandhi, R.S.
Haile, Aynalem
Estimation of variance components of milk yield and genetic evaluation of Sahiwal cattle using mixed linear models
title Estimation of variance components of milk yield and genetic evaluation of Sahiwal cattle using mixed linear models
title_full Estimation of variance components of milk yield and genetic evaluation of Sahiwal cattle using mixed linear models
title_fullStr Estimation of variance components of milk yield and genetic evaluation of Sahiwal cattle using mixed linear models
title_full_unstemmed Estimation of variance components of milk yield and genetic evaluation of Sahiwal cattle using mixed linear models
title_short Estimation of variance components of milk yield and genetic evaluation of Sahiwal cattle using mixed linear models
title_sort estimation of variance components of milk yield and genetic evaluation of sahiwal cattle using mixed linear models
topic cattle
dairies
livestock
research
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/67300
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