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Genetic association between milk yield, stayability, and mastitis in Holstein cows under tropical conditions

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The objective of this study was to estimate genetic parameters for milk yield, stayability, and the occurrence of clinical mastitis in Holstein cows, as well as studying the genetic relationship between them, in order to provide subsidies for the genetic evaluation of these traits. Records from 5,090 Holstein cows with calving varying from 1991 to 2010, were used in the analysis. Two standard multivariate analyses were carried out, one containing the trait of accumulated 305-day milk yields in the first lactation (MY1), stayability (STAY) until the third lactation, and clinical mastitis (CM), as well as the other traits, considering accumulated 305-day milk yields (Y305), STAY, and CM, including the first three lactations as repeated measures for Y305 and CM. The covariance components were obtained by a Bayesian approach. The heritability estimates obtained by multivariate analysis with MY1 were 0.19, 0.28, and 0.13 for MY1, STAY, and CM, respectively, whereas using the multivariate analysis with the Y305, the estimates were 0.19, 0.31, and 0.14, respectively. The genetic correlations between MY1 and STAY, MY1 and CM, and STAY and CM, respectively, were 0.38, 0.12, and −0.49. The genetic correlations between Y305 and STAY, Y305 and CM, and STAY and CM, respectively, were 0.66, −0.25, and −0.52.

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Acknowledgments

This work was funded by Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (Capes), Brazil. The authors thanks the Agropecuária Agrindus S.A. for providing the data.

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  1. Departamento de Zootecnia, Faculdade de Ciências Agrárias e Veterinárias, Universidade Estadual Paulista, Via de acesso Paulo Donato Castellane s/n, Prédio 2, CEP: 14884-900, Jaboticabal, São Paulo, Brazil

    Natalia Irano, Annaiza Braga Bignardi & Lucia Galvão Albuquerque

  2. Agência Paulista de Tecnologia dos Agronegócios—APTA, Pólo Regional Centro Leste, Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, CEP 14030-670, Brazil

    Lenira El Faro & Vera Lúcia Cardoso

  3. Grupo de Melhoramento Animal de Mato Grosso (GMAT), Instituto de Ciências Agrárias e Tecnológicas, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso, MT-270, Km 06, CEP 78735-901, Rondonópolis, Mato Grosso, Brazil

    Annaiza Braga Bignardi & Mário Luiz Santana Jr

  4. Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnologico (CNPq) and Instituto Nacional de Ciência e Tecnologia—Ciência Animal (INCT—CA), Viçosa, Minas Gerais, CEP 36570-000, Brazil

    Lucia Galvão Albuquerque

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Irano, N., Bignardi, A.B., El Faro, L. et al. Genetic association between milk yield, stayability, and mastitis in Holstein cows under tropical conditions. Trop Anim Health Prod 46, 529–535 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11250-013-0524-y

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