Estimates of Genetic Parameters for Body Weight in Turkish Holstein Bulls using Random Regression Model

The objective of this study was to estimate genetic parameters for the body weights of Turkish Holstein bulls using the random regression model. The data set consists of 1475 body weight records from 395 Holstein bulls raised in the same herd. Body weight records of bulls aged between 32 and 725 day...

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Main Authors: Aşkın Galiç, Çiğdem Takma
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Language:English
Published: Ankara University 2019-09-01
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description The objective of this study was to estimate genetic parameters for the body weights of Turkish Holstein bulls using the random regression model. The data set consists of 1475 body weight records from 395 Holstein bulls raised in the same herd. Body weight records of bulls aged between 32 and 725 days old were collected at approximately two-month intervals from December 2013 to October 2014. In the study body weight measurements made on the same day were accepted as a group and the bulls were grouped into 10 different groups according to their age. The additive genetic and permanent environmental effects were estimated using DFREML algorithm by third order Legendre polynomials. The additive genetic variance estimates ranged from 10.73 to 4867.07, the phenotypic variance estimates ranged from 382.84 to 5514.86 and permanent environmental variance estimates ranged from 0.33 to 63.27. The heritability values were estimated between 0.03 to 0.90. The phenotypic and additive genetic correlations between body weights were positively estimated between 0.085 to 0.89 and 0.53 to 0.94, respectively. It was concluded that use of body weight at an earlier age will give advantage in breeding studies for body weight at slaughter.
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spelling doaj-art-358b8dc7f942434eb436e4e5d9bf55712025-08-20T03:18:41ZengAnkara UniversityJournal of Agricultural Sciences1300-75802148-92972019-09-0125332833310.15832/ankutbd.41742245Estimates of Genetic Parameters for Body Weight in Turkish Holstein Bulls using Random Regression ModelAşkın Galiç0Çiğdem Takma1AKDENİZ ÜNİVERSİTESİEge universitesiThe objective of this study was to estimate genetic parameters for the body weights of Turkish Holstein bulls using the random regression model. The data set consists of 1475 body weight records from 395 Holstein bulls raised in the same herd. Body weight records of bulls aged between 32 and 725 days old were collected at approximately two-month intervals from December 2013 to October 2014. In the study body weight measurements made on the same day were accepted as a group and the bulls were grouped into 10 different groups according to their age. The additive genetic and permanent environmental effects were estimated using DFREML algorithm by third order Legendre polynomials. The additive genetic variance estimates ranged from 10.73 to 4867.07, the phenotypic variance estimates ranged from 382.84 to 5514.86 and permanent environmental variance estimates ranged from 0.33 to 63.27. The heritability values were estimated between 0.03 to 0.90. The phenotypic and additive genetic correlations between body weights were positively estimated between 0.085 to 0.89 and 0.53 to 0.94, respectively. It was concluded that use of body weight at an earlier age will give advantage in breeding studies for body weight at slaughter.https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/download/article-file/800123holstein; heritability; meat; random regression model
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Estimates of Genetic Parameters for Body Weight in Turkish Holstein Bulls using Random Regression Model
Journal of Agricultural Sciences
holstein; heritability; meat; random regression model
title Estimates of Genetic Parameters for Body Weight in Turkish Holstein Bulls using Random Regression Model
title_full Estimates of Genetic Parameters for Body Weight in Turkish Holstein Bulls using Random Regression Model
title_fullStr Estimates of Genetic Parameters for Body Weight in Turkish Holstein Bulls using Random Regression Model
title_full_unstemmed Estimates of Genetic Parameters for Body Weight in Turkish Holstein Bulls using Random Regression Model
title_short Estimates of Genetic Parameters for Body Weight in Turkish Holstein Bulls using Random Regression Model
title_sort estimates of genetic parameters for body weight in turkish holstein bulls using random regression model
topic holstein; heritability; meat; random regression model
url https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/download/article-file/800123
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