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Journal of Dairy Science Vol. 75 No. 11 3145-3154
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Genetics of Growth, Feed Intake, and Milk Yield in Holstein Cattle

A. J. Lee 1, D. A. Boichard 1, A. J. McAllister 1, C. Y. Lin 1, K. Nadarajah 1, T. R. Batra 1, G. L. Roy 1, and J. A. Vesely 1

1 Agriculture Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada K1A 0C6

Heritabilities, genetic and phenotypic correlations among growth, forage consumption, and BW changes of heifers and feed consumption, BW changes, and yields of first lactation cows were estimated. Data were from 1266 Holstein progeny of 74 sires born from 1972 to 1985 at three Agriculture Canada research herds. Heavier heifers at 26 wk consumed more feed from 26 to 34 wk than smaller heifers but gained the same BW. The BW gain and feed consumption heritabilities were .17 and .23, respectively; genetic correlation was .44, and phenotypic correlation was .27. During first lactation, feed intake from 8 to 16 wk and measures of milk yield are very tightly intercorrelated both phenotypically and genetically (.78 to .98). Precalving BW gain and BW at calving were genetically uncorrelated with measures of milk yield (–.09 to +.05). Loss of BW during the first 8 wk of first lactation was moderately heritable (.29) and correlated genetically and phenotypically with measures of milk yield in early lactation (.32 to .39) and feed consumption (.26). From 8 to 16 wk, average BW changes were small and had low heritability and weak phenotypic correlations with measures of milk yield or feed intake. The BW at 26 wk and BW gain from 26 to 34 wk were very poor indicators of early first lactation milk yield. Heifer feed intake was weakly correlated phenotypically (–.07 to .16) but moderately genetically correlated (.17 to .23) with early first lactation milk yield and feed consumption.

Key Words: genetics • growth • intake • milk yield

Submitted on April 27, 1992
Accepted on July 14, 1992




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