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Estimation of genetic parameters and trends for production traits of dairy cattle in Thailand using a multiple-trait multiple-lactation test day model

dc.contributor.authorSayan Buabanen_US
dc.contributor.authorSomsook Puangdeeen_US
dc.contributor.authorMonchai Duangjindaen_US
dc.contributor.authorWuttigrai Boonkumen_US
dc.contributor.otherKhon Kaen Universityen_US
dc.contributor.otherMahidol Universityen_US
dc.contributor.otherBureau of Biotechnology in Livestock Productionen_US
dc.date.accessioned2020-11-18T07:43:25Z
dc.date.available2020-11-18T07:43:25Z
dc.date.issued2020-09-01en_US
dc.description.abstract© 2020 by Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Objective: The objective of this study was to estimate the genetic parameters and trends for milk, fat, and protein yields in the first three lactations of Thai dairy cattle using a 3-trait,-3-lactation random regression test-day model. Methods: Data included 168,996, 63,388, and 27,145 test-day records from the first, second, and third lactations, respectively. Records were from 19,068 cows calving from 1993 to 2013 in 124 herds. (Co) variance components were estimated by Bayesian methods. Gibbs sampling was used to obtain posterior distributions. The model included herd-year-month of testing, breed group-season of calving-month in tested milk group, linear and quadratic age at calving as fixed effects, and random regression coefficients for additive genetic and permanent environmental effects, which were defined as modified constant, linear, quadratic, cubic and quartic Legendre coefficients. Results: Average daily heritabilities ranged from 0.36 to 0.48 for milk, 0.33 to 0.44 for fat and 0.37 to 0.48 for protein yields; they were higher in the third lactation for all traits. Heritabilities of test-day milk and protein yields for selected days in milk were higher in the middle than at the beginning or end of lactation, whereas those for test-day fat yields were high at the beginning and end of lactation. Genetics correlations (305-d yield) among production yields within lactations (0.44 to 0.69) were higher than those across lactations (0.36 to 0.68). The largest genetic correlation was observed between the first and second lactation. The genetic trends of 305-d milk, fat and protein yields were 230 to 250, 25 to 29, and 30 to 35 kg per year, respectively. Conclusion: A random regression model seems to be a flexible and reliable procedure for the genetic evaluation of production yields. It can be used to perform breeding value estimation for national genetic evaluation in the Thai dairy cattle population.en_US
dc.identifier.citationAsian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences. Vol.33, No.9 (2020), 1387-1399en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.5713/ajas.19.0141en_US
dc.identifier.issn19765517en_US
dc.identifier.issn10112367en_US
dc.identifier.other2-s2.0-85092563085en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/20.500.14594/59820
dc.rightsMahidol Universityen_US
dc.rights.holderSCOPUSen_US
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dc.subjectAgricultural and Biological Sciencesen_US
dc.subjectEngineeringen_US
dc.titleEstimation of genetic parameters and trends for production traits of dairy cattle in Thailand using a multiple-trait multiple-lactation test day modelen_US
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