We used 24 multiparous Holstein cows in 4 × 4 Latin square design to evaluate full-fat corn germ as a replacement for whole cottonseed and tallow in total mixed diets for lactating dairy cows. Experimental diets on a dry matter basis were: 1) control 3.5% fat; 2) whole cottonseed 5.1% fat; 3) tallow 5.1% fat; 4) full-fat corn germ 5.1% fat. Diets were fed as total mixed rations typical of that ...

to estimate the genetic parameters for production and reproduction traits in holstein cows, information from 15 herds recorded by animal breeding center of iran during 1980 – 2004, were employed. estimations were made using restricted maximum likelihood method under an animal model ranging df-reml and matvec software. estimates of heritabilities for yield traits were moderate and ranged from 0....

Prophet of POU1F1 (PROP1) plays direct or indirect important roles in the morphogenesis of pituitary gonadotropes as well as lactotropes, somatotropes and caudomedial thyrotropes. It also controls the expression of growth hormone, prolactin and thyrotropin subunits through regulatory PIT1 factor. These hormones have important influences on production traits in most animal species including the ...

The objective was to test the hypothesis that more frequent but less accurately analyzed milk components may give a more representative measure of a cow's total lactation production. Daily records for milk production and fat and protein concentration collected by the AfiLab recording system (Afimilk, Kibbutz Afikim, Israel) from January 2014 to January 2016 from 47 large kibbutz (communal) herd...

The Reggiana population is a dairy cattle breed reared in the province of Reggio Emilia, located in the Italian Po Valley. Milk from this breed has been mainly used for the production of Parmigiano Reggiano cheese. The Reggiana breed has shrunk from 84,000 cows in 1940 to 200 animals in 1984, having being replaced by much more productive HolsteinFriesian cows. Thanks to government support the b...

Combined linkage and linkage disequilibrium analysis were used to refine the position of a previously detected QTL affecting milk production traits on bovine chromosome 6. Through a series of single- and multitrait and single- and multipoint QTL analyses, the QTL could be positioned to a 7.5-cM interval surrounded by the markers BMS2508 and FBN12. The most significant results were found for fat...

four ahomasal cathetered multiparous lactating sannen goats with mean milk production of 1.6 ± 0.64 kg and 139 ± 4 days in milk were allocated to 4 treatments in a latin square design. the goats were fed a basal diet containing 40% alfalfa hay and 60% concentrate. the basal diet was supplemented by infusion of 1) water, 2) cottonseed oil (48 g/d), 3) glucose (100 g/d) and 4) mixture of cottonse...

Milk is composed of a complex mixture of lipids, proteins, carbohydrates and various vitamins and minerals as a source of nutrition for young mammals. The composition of milk varies between individuals, with lipid composition in particular being highly heritable. Recent reports have highlighted a region of bovine chromosome 27 harbouring variants affecting milk fat percentage and fatty acid con...

to test the effect of culling herd life from the breeding goal function, 4 different selection indices were established as: index 1: using milk production (milk), fat percentage of milk (fat%) and rear udder height (ruh); index 2: using milk , fat% and fore teat placement (ftp), index 3: using milk, fat% and fore udder attachment (fua); and index 4: using milk, fat%, ruh, ftp and fua) under two...