Article
Multiple-trait estimates of genetic parameters for metabolic disease traits, fertility disorders, and their predictors in Canadian Holsteins.
Journal of dairy science - 1 Mar 2016
Jamrozik J, Koeck A, Kistemaker G J, Miglior F
Abstract excerpt
Producer-recorded health data for metabolic disease traits and fertility disorders on 35,575 Canadian Holstein cows were jointly analyzed with selected indicator traits. Metabolic diseases included clinical ketosis (KET) and displaced abomasum (DA); fertility disorders were metritis (MET) and retained placenta (RP); and disease indicators were fat-to-protein ratio, milk β-hydroxybutyrate, and body condition score...
Topics
- 3-Hydroxybutyric Acid
- Animals
- Bayes Theorem
- Canada
- Cattle
- Cattle Diseases
- Female
- Fertility
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Ketosis
- Lactation
- Linear Models
- Metabolic Diseases
- Milk
- Phenotype
- Placenta, Retained
- Pregnancy
