Genetic investigations on backfat thickness and body condition score in German Holstein cattle

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作者
Schmidtmann, Christin [1 ,2 ,3 ]
Mugambe, Julius [1 ]
Blaj, Iulia [1 ]
Harms, Carsten [1 ]
Thaller, Georg [1 ]
机构
[1] Christian Albrechts Univ Kiel, Inst Anim Breeding & Husb, Kiel, Germany
[2] IT Solut Anim Prod Vit, Verden, Germany
[3] Christian Albrechts Univ Kiel, Hermann Rodewald Str 6, D-24118 Kiel, Germany
关键词
backfat thickness; body condition score; dairy cattle; random regression model; LACTATION DAIRY-COWS; RESIDUAL FEED-INTAKE; ADIPOSE-TISSUE; ULTRASOUND MEASUREMENT; MILK-YIELD; ASSOCIATION; FAT; PARAMETERS; TRAITS; MOBILIZATION;
D O I
10.1111/jbg.12867
中图分类号
S8 [畜牧、 动物医学、狩猎、蚕、蜂];
学科分类号
0905 ;
摘要
Up to now, little has been known about backfat thickness (BFT) in dairy cattle. The objective of this study was to investigate the lactation curve and genetic parameters for BFT as well as its relationship with body condition score (BCS) and milk yield (MKG). For this purpose, a dataset was analysed including phenotypic observations of 1929 German Holstein cows for BFT, BCS and MKG recorded on a single research dairy farm between September 2005 and December 2022. Additionally, pedigree and genomic information was available. Lactation curves were predicted and genetic parameters were estimated for all traits in first to third lactation using univariate random regression models. For BCS, lactation curves had nadirs at 94 DIM, 101 DIM and 107 DIM in first, second and third lactation. By contrast, trajectories of BFT showed lowest values later in lactation at 129 DIM, 117 DIM and 120 DIM in lactation numbers 1 to 3, respectively. Although lactation curves of BCS and BFT had similar shapes, the traits showed distinct sequence of curves for lactation number 2 and 3. Cows in third lactation had highest BCS, whereas highest BFT values were found for second parity animals. Average heritabilities were 0.315 +/- 0.052, 0.297 +/- 0.048 and 0.332 +/- 0.061 for BCS in lactation number 1 to 3, respectively. Compared to that, BFT had considerably higher heritability in all lactation numbers with estimates ranging between 0.357 +/- 0.028 and 0.424 +/- 0.034. Pearson correlation coefficients between estimated breeding values for the 3 traits were negative between MKG with both BCS (r = -0.245 to -0.322) and BFT (r = -0.163 to -0.301). Correlation between traits BCS and BFT was positive and consistently high (r = 0.719 to 0.738). Overall, the results of this study suggest that BFT and BCS show genetic differences in dairy cattle, which might be due to differences in depletion and accumulation of body reserves measured by BFT and BCS. Therefore, routine recording of BFT on practical dairy farms could provide valuable information beyond BCS measurements and might be useful, for example, to better assess the nutritional status of cows.
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