Authors:
A. F. Konte,
G. G. Karlikova
L. K. Ernst Federal Research Center for Animal Husbandry, Dubrovitsy, Russia
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Abstract. The aim of the research is to study the selection and genetic parameters of the characteristics of productivity and the exterior of Holstein first-calf cows, depending on their body type. Research methods. Based on the data from the SELEX database, we researched the performance indicators and measurements of the trunk of first calving cows in the amount of 4049 heads. Based on the RENUMF90 software shell of the BLUPF90 program, we obtained digital values of the genetic variability of productivity indicators and the external structure of animals in accordance with the equation of the mixed model. Results. The most broad-bodied animals classified as airysomal type had the highest milk yield in the first lactation, and exceeded animals of the leptosomal type by 563.3 kg (p ≤ 0.001). According to the "B" system, broad-bodied cows are superior to narrow-bodied animals: stature – by 1 point (p ≤ 0.001); body depth – by 0.8 points (p ≤ 0.01); rump width – by 1.9 points (p ≤ 0.001); rump angle – by 0.9 points (p ≤ 0.01); fore udder attachment – by 1 point (p ≤ 0.01). Animals of the narrow-bodied type reliably (p ≤ 0.001) had a high genetic relationship between milk yield in 305 days of first lactation and the mass fraction of protein in milk (0.59 ± 0.005). At the same time, the leptosomal type of cows also had the greatest correlation between milk yield and mass fraction of fat (0.51 ± 0.005) (p ≤ 0.001). According to body measurements, the highest correlation coefficients were found in animals of the airysomal type – 0.24 ... 0.50. All Holstein heifers of different body types have high heritability coefficients in terms of fat mass fraction (h2 = 0.37 ... 0.49) and protein mass fraction (h2 = 0.42 ... 0.51). Scientific novelty. For the first time, studies of the genetic variability of productivity indicators and the exterior of Holstein cows, depending on their body type, were conducted.
Keywords: Holstein cows, body type, exterior, heritability, genetic correlation, selection.
For citation: Konte A. F., Karlikova G. G. Geneticheskaya izmenchivost’ pokazateley produktivnosti i otsenki ekster'’era golshtinskikh korov v zavisimosti ot tipa teloslozheniya [Genetic variability of productivity traits and evaluation of exterior of Holstein cows depending on body type] // Agrarian Bulletin of the Urals. 2021. No. 09 (212). Pp. 53−62. DOI: 10.32417/1997-4868-2021-212-09-53-62. (In Russian.)
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