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Conference Papers Year : 2022

Test-day genetic evaluations: a tool to measure herd resilience through monthly milk records

Abstract

This study aimed to explore a herd resilience indicator, LnVar, estimated from monthly testday records. For each Holstein cow in first parity between 2014 and 2018, the expected milk yields were computed at each test-day, using the genetic and environmental effects estimated from a routine test-day genetic evaluation. LnVar was then estimated for each herd-year, as the natural logarithm of the variance within lactation of the deviation between the expected and the observed milk yields. LnVar presented a high variability and was quite repeatable between years. The herd-years with high LnVar were more productive and showed a greater risk of high somatic cell counts, clinical mastitis and short lactations. This study showed that LnVar is a relevant resilience indicator, even with monthly records. The genetic evaluations using test-day records could provide useful information for herd management.

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Animal genetics
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hal-04115895 , version 1 (02-06-2023)

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S. Mattalia, M. Rocland, S. Aguerre, M. Poppe. Test-day genetic evaluations: a tool to measure herd resilience through monthly milk records. World Congress on Genetics Applied to Livestock Production, Jul 2022, Rotterdam, Netherlands. pp.651-654, ⟨10.3920/978-90-8686-940-4_150⟩. ⟨hal-04115895⟩
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