Breeding of cows suitable for an automatic milking system

Authors

  • Jorien Vosman CRV
  • Gerben de Jong CRV
  • Herwin Eding CRV

Keywords:

automatic milking system, heritabilities, genetic correlations, efficiency, milking interval, habituation heifers, cows

Abstract

Genetic parameters were estimated fortraits based on data from automatic milking systems (AMS). Traits are AMSefficiency (EF) which is theproduced amount of milk in kg per total box time in minutes, milking interval (MI) which is the time between 2 consecutive successful milkings in minutes and habituationof heifers (HH), reflecting the time period a heifer needs to get familiar withthe AMS. The heritabilities are 0.23 for EF, 0.08 for MI, and 0.07 for HH. Geneticcorrelations between same traits measured in heifers and multiparous cows aremoderate to high. Genetic correlations between second calf cows and higher paritiesare strong, indicating that these traits can be considered the same trait.

Author Biographies

Jorien Vosman, CRV

Gerben de Jong, CRV

Herwin Eding, CRV

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Published

2014-06-22

Issue

No. 48 (2014): Proceedings of the 2014 Interbull Meeting

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