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Indian Journal of Animal Research, volume 50 issue 6 (december 2016) : 851-855

Efficiency of sire evaluation methods by using phase and stayablity traits to improve milk yield of Murrah buffaloes

Kamaldeep*, A.S.Yadav, S.S. Dhaka, Ankit Magotra, Anika Malik
1<p>Department of Animal Genetics and Breeding, College of Veterinary Science, LUVAS, Hisar-125 004, India.</p>
Cite article:- Kamaldeep*, A.S.Yadav, Dhaka S.S., Magotra Ankit, Malik Anika (2015). Efficiency of sire evaluation methods by using phase and stayablity traits to improve milk yield of Murrah buffaloes . Indian Journal of Animal Research. 50(6): 851-855. doi: 10.18805/ijar.5707.

ABSTRACT

The present investigation was conducted on records of 345 Murrah buffaloes maintained at Buffalo Research Centre (BRC), Hisar distributed over 20 years (1993-2012) to compare progeny of 61 sires. Three sire evaluation procedures [ordinary least squares (OLS), regressed least squares (RLS), and best linear unbiased prediction (BLUP)] based on estimated breeding value of phase traits such as ascending phase milk yield (APY), peak phase milk yield (PPY),descending phase milk yield (DPY)and stayablity trait such as stayablity life (STAYAB) in Murrah buffalo. The results indicated that sire number 26 had the highest merit computed by OLS, RLS and sire number 2 had the highest merit computed by BLUP method for APY. Product–moment correlations were comparatively lower than those of rank correlations barring a few exceptions. When comparison was made on the basis of coefficient of skewness, BLUP was found superior for APY, PPY, and DPY. When comparison was made on the basis of coefficient of kurtosis, OLS was better for APY and DPY whereas RLS was found superior for PPY and STAYAB. When coefficient of Determination, was considered OLS was found to be more accurate followed by RLS method for all the traits, whereas RLS method was most appropriate when coefficient of variation was considered.

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