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Title: Effect of non-genetic factors on standard lactation milk performance traits in simmental cows
Authors: Milun Petrović D.
Bogdanovic V.
Milan Petrović M.
Bogosavljević-Bošković, Snežana
Đoković Radojica
Đedović R.
Rakonjac, Simeon
Issue Date: 2015
Abstract: © 2015 by D. Milun Petrović. The effect of systematic and continuous environmental factors on milk performance traits over standard lactations in 2805 Simmental cows was evaluated using the general linear model. The systematic factors included the effect of farm or breeding area, calving season, year of birth, season of birth, lactation group and their interactions. The continuous factor analysed was the effect of age at first conception. The effect of farm, lactation group and calving season on standard lactation milk performance was found to be highly significant (P<0.01), excepting the effect of calving season on milk fat percent in standard lactations which showed statistical significance (P<0.05). The interactions between year and season of birth, farm and calving season, and farm and lactation group had a highly significant effect (P<0.01) on all performance traits studied. Age at first conception, as a continuous factor, had a highly significant effect (P<0.01) on milk yield and milk fat percent, and a non-significant effect on milk fat yield. The model used to correct the performance traits over standard lactations for the effect of systematic factors was highly significant (P<0.01). The variance of the model accounted for 20.06 and 37.31% of the total variance of milk fat yield and milk fat percent, respectively. The resulting coefficients of determination (R2) ranged from 0.20 for milk fat yield to 0.37 for milk fat percent.
URI: https://scidar.kg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/9307
Type: article
DOI: 10.2478/aoas-2014-0073
ISSN: 1642-3402
SCOPUS: 2-s2.0-84925725726
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