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* Centre for Genetic Improvement of Livestock Department of Animal and Poultry Science University of Guelph Guelph, ON, N1G 2W1, Canada
Department of Dairy Science University of Wisconsin Madison, WI 53706, USA
Corresponding author:
J. Jamrozik; e-mail: jamrozik{at}sherlock.aps.uoguelph.ca.
Single- and multiple-country random regression models were applied to estimate genetic parameters for first-lactation test-day milk yield of cows from four countries: Australia, Canada, Italy, and New Zealand. Selected countries represented a wide range of production systems and environments. Milk production in Canada and Italy is based mainly on intensive management systems, while Australia and New Zealand are largely based on rotational grazing. Legendre polynomials with five coefficients were used to model genetic and environmental lactation curves. Covariance components of lactation curve coefficients within and across countries, and selected functions of those, were estimated by Bayesian methods with Gibbs sampling, on selected subsets of data. Countries differed in both phenotypic and genetic parameters of lactation curves between d 5 and 305 of lactation. Principal component analysis of single-trait genetic and environmental covariance matrices showed, however, that the pattern of variability in test-day milk yield was very similar between countries. General level of milk production in lactation and persistency components accounted for more than 90% of the total variance. Estimated genetic correlations between countries for total yield in lactation ranged from 0.65 (Italy and New Zealand) to 0.83 (Australia and New Zealand), indicating a possibility of genotype by environment interaction for some pairs of countries.
Key Words: international evaluation • test-day model • multiple trait • genetic parameter
Abbreviation key: INTERBULL = International Bull Evaluation Service, MACE = multiple-trait, across-country evaluation, TD = test-day, PE = permanent environment
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