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1 Centre for Genetic Improvement of Livestock, Department of Animal and Poultry Science, University of Guelph Guelph, ON, Canada N1G 2W1
The present study estimated variance components for test day records of somatic cell score and production traits. Data consisted of 235,100 test day observations recorded between 1986 and 1994 on lactations 1 to 3 of 15,922 Holstein cows from 143 herds. Records were considered as repeated observations within a lactation and as different traits across lactations. The multiple-trait animal model for analysis included random animal additive genetic and permanent environment effects by lactation. Fixed effects included herd test date and a set of four covariables for days in lactation, estimated by parity, age, and season, which accounted for the shape of the lactation curve. Gibbs sampling chains were carried out separately for somatic cell score and milk production and fat and protein yields. Heritabilities of somatic cell score for lactations l to 3 were .09, .09, and . 11, respectively. Genetic correlations between lactations were high (.88, .79, and .95 between lactations 1 and 2, 1 and 3, and 2 and 3, respectively). Correlations between permanent environment effects were smaller (.29, .19, and .46 between lactations 1 and 2, 1 and 3, and 2 and 3, respectively). Heritabilities and correlations between permanent environment effects were higher for production traits than for somatic cell score. Genetic correlations between lactations for production traits were similar to those for somatic cell score. Variances between lactations differed significantly, indicating that observations from different lactations should not be considered as repeated observations of the same trait.
Key Words: somatic cell count • test day models • Gibbs sampling • genetic parameters
Submitted on April 3, 1995
Accepted on August 21, 1995
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