Genetic analysis of fertility-related diseases and disorders in Norwegian Red cows

被引:30
作者
Heringstad, B. [1 ,2 ]
机构
[1] Norwegian Univ Life Sci, Dept Anim & Aquacultural Sci, N-1432 As, Norway
[2] Geno Breeding & AI Assoc, N-1432 As, Norway
关键词
fertility disease; reproductive disorder; threshold model; PRODUCER-RECORDED DATA; HEALTH TRAITS; RETAINED PLACENTA; CLINICAL MASTITIS; MILK-YIELD; PARAMETERS; HERITABILITY; SELECTION;
D O I
10.3168/jds.2009-2879
中图分类号
S8 [畜牧、 动物医学、狩猎、蚕、蜂];
学科分类号
0905 ;
摘要
Heritability of and genetic correlations among silent heat (SH), cystic ovaries (CO), metritis (MET), and retained placenta (RP) were inferred. These traits were chosen because they are the 4 most frequent fertility-related diseases and disorders among first-lactation cows in Norway. Records of 503,683 first-lactation daughters of 1,058 Norwegian Red sires with first calving from 2000 through 2006 were analyzed with a 4-variate threshold sire model. Presence or absence of each of the 4 diseases was scored as 1 or 0 based on whether or not the cow had at least 1 veterinary treatment for the disease. The mean frequency was 3.1% for SH, 0.9% for MET, 0.5% for CO, and 1.5% for RP. The model for liability had effects of age at calving and of monthyear of calving, herd, sire of the cow, and a residual. Posterior mean (SD) of heritability of liability was 0.06 (0.01) for SH, 0.03 (0.01) for MET, 0.07 (0.01) for CO, and 0.06 (0.01) for RP. The genetic correlation between MET and RP was strong, with posterior mean (SD) 0.64 (0.10). A negative genetic correlation (-0.26) was found between RP and CO. The posterior distributions of the other genetic correlations included zero with high density, and could not be considered different from zero. The frequency of fertility-related diseases and disorders is very low in the Norwegian Red population at present, so there is limited scope for genetic improvement. However, this study indicates that reasonably precise genetic evaluation of sires is feasible for these traits given information from large daughter groups.
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