Including overseas performance information in genomic evaluations of Australian dairy cattle

Differences among methods to validate genomic evaluations for dairy cattle.

Two methods of testing predictions from genomic evaluations were investigated. Data used were from the August 2006 and April 2010 official USDA genetic evaluations of dairy cattle. The training data set consisted of both cows and bulls that were proven (had own or daughter information) as of August 2006 and included 8,022, 1,959, and 1,056 Holsteins, Jerseys, and Brown Swiss, respectively. The ...

Using Genomic Data to Improve Dairy Cattle Genetic Evaluations

Genomic data Genotypes for about 40,000 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNP) now act as a third source of data for national genetic evaluations of dairy cattle, in addition to phenotypes and pedigrees that were the basis of selection for the previous 100 years. Rapid developments in genotyping tools have lowered the cost of obtaining this genomic data to just over $200 per animal. The Illumina...

Performance in Dairy Cattle

Improvement of Prediction Ability for Genomic Selection of Dairy Cattle by Including Dominance Effects

Dominance may be an important source of non-additive genetic variance for many traits of dairy cattle. However, nearly all prediction models for dairy cattle have included only additive effects because of the limited number of cows with both genotypes and phenotypes. The role of dominance in the Holstein and Jersey breeds was investigated for eight traits: milk, fat, and protein yields; product...

International Genetic Evaluations for Udder Health Traits in Dairy Cattle

Mark, T. 2005. International Genetic Evaluations for Udder Health Traits in Dairy Cattle. Doctoral dissertation. ISSN 1652-6880, ISBN 91-576-6992-9 The aim of this thesis was to investigate different approaches for international genetic evaluations of dairy sires for udder health traits. For this purpose, deregressed national genetic evaluations were used of Holstein milk somatic cell (SC) from...