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Journal of Dairy Science Vol. 77 No. 7 1890-1896
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Comparison of Holsteins Selected for High and Average Milk Production. 1. Net Income and Production Response to Selection for Milk

J. S. Dunklee 1, A. E. Freeman 1, and D. H. Kelley 1

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

The objective of the experiment was to quantify differences between two divergent lines of Holsteins for net income per day, per lactation, and per lifetime using a linear profit function. Data consisted of 2768 lactation records from 1078 Holstein cows by 140 sires. Bulls with high PD milk were mated to daughters of sires with high PD for milk, and bulls with average PD for milk were mated to cows of average genetic merit, creating two divergent genetic lines of cattle. Data on production, health, and reproduction were collected. Analyses were based on lactation and lifetime. High line cows had greater net returns than average line cows by $.30/d (16.0%) per lactation and $.33 (19%) advantage/d of life. The high line cows were $103.79 more profitable (20.4%) per lactation and $375.60 (17.4%) more profitable during their lifetime than their average line herdmates. This income superiority was because high line cows averaged 940 kg more milk per lactation (16.4%) and 3435 kg more milk per lifetime (15.7%) than the average line cows. High line cows were superior by 500 kg for PTA for milk from January 1990. Selecting sires with high PD for milk effectively improved milk production and increased net income.

Key Words: selection for milk • genetic lines • net income

Submitted on September 9, 1993
Accepted on January 31, 1994




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