Evaluation of the heritability coefficients of longevity in the population of Black and White cows in Serbia

2016
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Stanojević, Dragan
Djedović, Radica

Bogdanović, Vladan

Raguz, Nikola
Popovac, Mladen

Janković, Dobrila
Strbac, Ljuba
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Assessment of the heritability coefficients of longevity traits in the population of Black and White cows was performed on a data set that included production results of 16,539 of black and white culled cows, which reached a total of 50,382 lactations in the period from 1985 to 2012. The cows were grown on 7 farms of the Agricultural Corporation Belgrade and are progeny of 277 bulls. The analysis covered the following traits: length of productive life (LPL), lifetime milk yield (LMY) and number of lactations (NL). Variance components of longevity traits were estimated using a BLUP linear mixed model with animal as a random effect. Cows included in the analysis calved for the first time in the average age of 26.86 months, while the average length of productive life amounted to 1,299.9 days and during that time the animals achieved an average of 3.04 lactations and life time production of 21,016 kg of milk. The values of the heritability coefficients of longevity traits ranged from 0.066...; 0.061 and 0.074 regarding the length of productive life, lifetime milk yield and number of lactations respectively.
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heritability / longevity / Black and White cowsSource:
Mljekarstvo, 2016, 66, 4, 322-329Publisher:
- Croatian Dairy Union, Zagreb
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DOI: 10.15567/mljekarstvo.2016.0408
ISSN: 0026-704X
WoS: 000388249500008
Scopus: 2-s2.0-84995684268
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Poljoprivredni fakultetTY - JOUR AU - Stanojević, Dragan AU - Djedović, Radica AU - Bogdanović, Vladan AU - Raguz, Nikola AU - Popovac, Mladen AU - Janković, Dobrila AU - Strbac, Ljuba PY - 2016 UR - http://aspace.agrif.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/4064 AB - Assessment of the heritability coefficients of longevity traits in the population of Black and White cows was performed on a data set that included production results of 16,539 of black and white culled cows, which reached a total of 50,382 lactations in the period from 1985 to 2012. The cows were grown on 7 farms of the Agricultural Corporation Belgrade and are progeny of 277 bulls. The analysis covered the following traits: length of productive life (LPL), lifetime milk yield (LMY) and number of lactations (NL). Variance components of longevity traits were estimated using a BLUP linear mixed model with animal as a random effect. Cows included in the analysis calved for the first time in the average age of 26.86 months, while the average length of productive life amounted to 1,299.9 days and during that time the animals achieved an average of 3.04 lactations and life time production of 21,016 kg of milk. The values of the heritability coefficients of longevity traits ranged from 0.066; 0.061 and 0.074 regarding the length of productive life, lifetime milk yield and number of lactations respectively. PB - Croatian Dairy Union, Zagreb T2 - Mljekarstvo T1 - Evaluation of the heritability coefficients of longevity in the population of Black and White cows in Serbia EP - 329 IS - 4 SP - 322 VL - 66 DO - 10.15567/mljekarstvo.2016.0408 ER -
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Stanojević, D., Djedović, R., Bogdanović, V., Raguz, N., Popovac, M., Janković, D.,& Strbac, L.. (2016). Evaluation of the heritability coefficients of longevity in the population of Black and White cows in Serbia. in Mljekarstvo Croatian Dairy Union, Zagreb., 66(4), 322-329. https://doi.org/10.15567/mljekarstvo.2016.0408
Stanojević D, Djedović R, Bogdanović V, Raguz N, Popovac M, Janković D, Strbac L. Evaluation of the heritability coefficients of longevity in the population of Black and White cows in Serbia. in Mljekarstvo. 2016;66(4):322-329. doi:10.15567/mljekarstvo.2016.0408 .
Stanojević, Dragan, Djedović, Radica, Bogdanović, Vladan, Raguz, Nikola, Popovac, Mladen, Janković, Dobrila, Strbac, Ljuba, "Evaluation of the heritability coefficients of longevity in the population of Black and White cows in Serbia" in Mljekarstvo, 66, no. 4 (2016):322-329, https://doi.org/10.15567/mljekarstvo.2016.0408 . .