Genetic Parameters of Milk Yield in Jersey Cows

Ulutas Z., Sahin A., Saatci M.

JOURNAL OF APPLIED ANIMAL RESEARCH, cilt.34, sa.1, ss.29-32, 2008 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 34 Sayı: 1
  • Basım Tarihi: 2008
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1080/09712119.2008.9706935
  • Dergi Adı: JOURNAL OF APPLIED ANIMAL RESEARCH
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.29-32
  • Ondokuz Mayıs Üniversitesi Adresli: Hayır

Özet

To predict genetic parameters of milk yield and assess the genetic improvement in Jersey cows reared at Karakoy State Farm in Black sea region a total of 1275 records from 460 cows were used. Year, season and lactation number were added in the model as fixed effects for the preliminary analyses. The highest h(2) (0.37) was estimated for milk yield. As a reflection of the environmental influences, both Vc (14.93) and C(2) (< 0.001) had low values for the studied herd. Genetic correlation between the lactation length and calving interval was strong (0.90). Permanent environmental effect due to cow (PEEC) did not show any sharp movement among the years (0.17 to -0.48). It is concluded that most of the influence on milk was genetic and very limited environmental.