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* Dairy Production Research Centre, Teagasc, Moorepark, Fermoy, Co. Cork, Ireland
Statistical Laboratory, Dept. of Statistics, University College Cork, Ireland
Corresponding author:
Frank Buckley; e-mail:
fbuckley{at}moorepark.teagasc.ie.
Relationships among milk production, body condition score (BCS), body weight (BW), and reproduction were studied using logistic regression on data from 6433 spring-calving Holstein-Friesian dairy cows in 74 commercial herds. Multivariate models were adjusted for herd, breeding value for milk yield, proportion of Holstein-Friesian genes, lactation number, calving period, and degree of calving assistance. Significant associations between reproductive measures and components of energy balance were identified. Higher 200-d milk protein content and higher protein-to-fat ratio at start of breeding were associated with increased likelihood of submission for breeding in the first 21 d of the breeding season (SR21). High 100-d cumulative milk yield as a proportion of estimated 305-d milk yield (low persistency) was associated with a lower likelihood of pregnancy to first service (PREG1), whereas cows reaching peak milk yields earlier tended to have higher PREG1. Cows that reached nadir milk protein content relatively late in lactation had lower PREG1. Milk yield at first service and 305-d milk protein content were positively associated with the likelihood of pregnancy after 42 d of breeding (PR42). Higher 305-d milk lactose content was associated with increased PREG1 and PR42. Mean BCS at 60 to 100 d of lactation was positively associated with both SR21 and PR42, whereas nadir BCS was positively associated with PREG1. Cows with precalving BCS > 3.0 that also lost > 0.5 BCS unit by first service had lower PR42. More BW gain for 90 d after start of breeding was associated with higher SR21 and PREG1; more BW gain for 90 d after first service was associated with higher PR42. Milk protein and lactose content, BCS, and BW changes are important tools to identify cows at risk of poor reproduction.
Key Words: body condition score • logistic regression • negative energy balance • reproduction
Abbreviation key: DairyMIS = Dairy Management Information System, IDRC = Irish Dairy Recording Cooperative, NEB = negative energy balance, OR = odds ratio, PREG1 = pregnant to first service, PR42 = pregnant after 42 d of the breeding season, SR21 = submission for breeding in the first 21 d of the breeding season
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