JDS
HOME HELP FEEDBACK SUBSCRIPTIONS ARCHIVE SEARCH TABLE OF CONTENTS
 QUICK SEARCH:   [advanced]


     


Journal of Dairy Science Vol. 75 No. 5 1331-1341
© 1992 by American Dairy Science Association ®
This Article
Right arrow Full Text (PDF)
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Services
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Similar articles in PubMed
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrow reprints & permissions
Citing Articles
Right arrow Citing Articles via HighWire
Right arrow Citing Articles via Google Scholar
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by Schutz, M. M.
Right arrow Articles by Mayfield, J. E.
Right arrow Search for Related Content
PubMed
Right arrow PubMed Citation
Right arrow Articles by Schutz, M. M.
Right arrow Articles by Mayfield, J. E.

The Importance of Maternal Lineage on Milk Yield Traits of Dairy Cattle

M. M. Schutz 1, A. E. Freeman 1, D. C. Beitz 1, and J. E. Mayfield 1

1 Department of Animal Science, Iowa State University, Ames 50011

Maternal lineage effects on milk yield traits, considered indicative of cytoplasmic inheritance, were evaluated with animal models. Cattle were from a selection experiment begun in 1968. Maternal pedigrees were traced to the first female member in the Holstein-Friesian Herdbook; purchased cows entering the herd, considered foundation females, were assigned to maternal lineage groups. All models accounted for year-season of calving, parity, and selection lines. Maternal lineage effects were included in a repeated records model with cow effects and preadjustment for sire and maternal grandsire transmitting abilities. Maternal lineage accounted for 5.2, 4.1, and 10.5% of phenotypic variation of preadjusted records of milk yield, fat yield, and fat percentage, respectively. Maternal lineage was evaluated as a fixed effect in an animal model including random animal and permanent environmental effects. Maternal lineage significantly affected fat percentage but not milk yield. Maternal genetic (nuclear) effects and their covariance with additive animal effects did not significantly account for additional variation nor did they influence maternal lineage estimates. Maternal lineage affected calculated net energy of milk but was not important for SNF yield or concentration. Maternal lineage influenced fat percentage, energy concentration, and, to a lesser extent, fat yield in milk of dairy cattle.

Key Words: maternal lineages • cytoplasmic inheritance • mitochondrial inheritance • variance components

Submitted on June 21, 1991
Accepted on December 2, 1991




This article has been cited by other articles:


Home page
J DAIRY SCIHome page
D. P. Berry, P. Lonergan, S. T. Butler, A. R. Cromie, T. Fair, F. Mossa, and A. C. O. Evans
Negative Influence of High Maternal Milk Production Before and After Conception on Offspring Survival and Milk Production in Dairy Cattle
J Dairy Sci, January 1, 2008; 91(1): 329 - 337.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]


Home page
J DAIRY SCIHome page
G. Banos, S. Brotherstone, and M. P. Coffey
Prenatal Maternal Effects on Body Condition Score, Female Fertility, and Milk Yield of Dairy Cows
J Dairy Sci, July 1, 2007; 90(7): 3490 - 3499.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]


Home page
Biol. Reprod.Home page
S. Hiendleder, V. Zakhartchenko, H. Wenigerkind, H.-D. Reichenbach, K. Bruggerhoff, K. Prelle, G. Brem, M. Stojkovic, and E. Wolf
Heteroplasmy in Bovine Fetuses Produced by Intra- and Inter-Subspecific Somatic Cell Nuclear Transfer: Neutral Segregation of Nuclear Donor Mitochondrial DNA in Various Tissues and Evidence for Recipient Cow Mitochondria in Fetal Blood
Biol Reprod, January 1, 2003; 68(1): 159 - 166.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]


Home page
Biol. Reprod.Home page
K. Bruggerhoff, V. Zakhartchenko, H. Wenigerkind, H.-D. Reichenbach, K. Prelle, W. Schernthaner, R. Alberio, H. Kuchenhoff, M. Stojkovic, G. Brem, et al.
Bovine Somatic Cell Nuclear Transfer Using Recipient Oocytes Recovered by Ovum Pick-Up: Effect of Maternal Lineage of Oocyte Donors
Biol Reprod, February 1, 2002; 66(2): 367 - 373.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]




HOME HELP FEEDBACK SUBSCRIPTIONS ARCHIVE SEARCH TABLE OF CONTENTS
Copyright © 1992 by the American Dairy Science Association ®.