Estimates of Genetic and Phenotypic Parameters for Birth Weight in Holstein Friesian Cattle

Estimates of Genetic and Phenotypic Parameters for Milk Production in Moroccan Holstein-Friesian Cows

To satisfy the growing demand of the human population for milk, the Moroccan government set up a plan in 1975 to increase milk production. The most important genetic strategies were the introduction of improved dairy cattle, the institution of milk recording, and the extension of artificial insemination (AI). Thus, more than 10,000 Holstein and Friesian heifers were purchased annually from Euro...

Estimates of genetic parameters for fertility traits of Australian Holstein-Friesian cattle

Fertility data collected on 17131 Holstein-Friesian cows from 158 dairy herds in Australia were used to estimate heritabilities for and correlations among several fertility traits using a sire model. Pregnancy rate (PR), survival (Surv), calving interval (CI), calving to first service interval (CFS), insemination rate (coded as 1 if a cow received a service or 0 otherwise) (InsemR) and first se...

Estimates of Genetic Parameters for Fertility Traits of Italian Holstein-friesian Cattle

Data from insemination and calving events of Italian Holstein cows and heifers collected from January 1996 until December 2002 were used to estimate phenotypic and genetic parameter for some fertility traits. A validation procedure of the data based on gestation length and information on service sire was used. According to these procedure, in Italy 75.9 % of the calvings are associated to servi...

Estimates of Genetic and Phenotypic Parameters of Pelvic Measures, Weight, Height,Calf Birth Weight, and Dystocia in Beef Cattle

Genetic and non-genetic parameters of replacement rate component traits in Holstein Friesian cattle

Records on 3092 pregnancies distributed over a period of 24 years (1986 to 2010) were used to estimate genetic and non genetic parameters of threshold traits in Holstein Friesian. Parity, season and year of calving were included in the model to estimate their effect on replacement traits. A total of 105 sires' records were used to study the genetic component of the characters. The overall avera...