Asian Journal Of Dairy and Food Research

Sire Evaluation Based on First Lactation 305 Day Milk Yield and Individual Part Lactation Records in Frieswal Cattle

DOI: 10.18805/ajdfr.DR-1610    | Article Id: DR-1610 | Page : 14-19
Citation :- Sire Evaluation Based on First Lactation 305 Day Milk Yield and Individual Part Lactation Records in Frieswal Cattle.Asian Journal Of Dairy and Food Research.2021.(40):14-19
Rajeev, Ravinder Kumar, Rajbir Singh drkashyap1952@gmail.com
Address : Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel University of Agriculture and Technology, Meerut-250 110, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Submitted Date : 15-12-2020
Accepted Date : 3-02-2021
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Abstract

Background: Frieswal, the crossbred cattle, between sahiwal and Holstein Friesian breed with 62.50 per cent of exotic (inheritance) with total lactation milk yield of (4000 Kg) with average lactation length 300 days (PDC Annual Report, 2015-16). Presently, the Frieswal Animal is mainly maintained at 36 Military Farms located in various agro-climatic regions in the country.
Methods: The present study was undertaken on first lactation 305 days and part lactation records of 1470  Frieswal  cows maintained over a period of 10 years (2003-2012) from military farm at CIRC Meerut Uttar Pradesh as well as Ambala. The success of any breed improvement programme depends mainly on the Sire evaluation which involves the estimation of expected breeding value of the bulls on the basis of average first lactation 305-day or less milk yield and part lactation records of their daughters (FL305DMY).
Result: The estimate breeding value of 55 Frieswal sires on the basis of first lactation 305-day or less milk yield and individually part lactation records, by LSM, BLUP and DFREML methods were 2701.48 kg and 2660.70 kg, followed by 333.40, kg and 329.17 kg,  respectively. A number of 55 Frieswal sires with three or more daughters were evaluated and ranked on the basis of first lactation 305-day milk yield and individual third month part lactation was having better heritability and comparatively higher genetic correlations with the first lactation 305-days or less milk yield. 

Keywords

Expected breeding value Lactation milk yields Part lactation record

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