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1 Dairy Production Department, Teagasc, Dairy Production Research Centre Moorepark, Fermoy, Co. Cork, Ireland
2 Department of Animal Science, Faculty of Agriculture, University College Dublin, Belfield, Ireland
3 3INRA, UMR Production du Lait, 35590 St Gilles, France
Corresponding author: B. Horan; e-mail: bhoran{at}moorepark.teagasc.ie.
Interactions between genotype and environment are becoming increasingly important as cattle genotypes are being managed in a diverse range of environments worldwide. The objective of this study was to investigate if there is an interaction of strain of Holstein-Friesian cows (HF) by grass-based feed system that affects milk production, body weight, and body condition score. Three strains of HF were compared on 3 pasture-based feed systems over 3 consecutive years. The 3 strains of HF were: high production North American, high durability North American, and New Zealand. The 3 grass-based feeding systems (FS) were: a high grass allowance system (MPFS), a high concentrate system (HCFS), and a high stocking rate system (HSFS). There was a separate farmlet for each FS and a total of 99, 117, and 117 animals were used in yr 1, 2, and 3 respectively, divided equally between strains of HF and FS. The high production cows produced the highest yield of milk, the New Zealand the lowest, and the high durability animals were intermediate. Milk fat and protein content were higher for the New Zealand strain than for the high production and high durability strains. The New Zealand strain had the lowest body weight and the highest condition score, whereas the high durability strain had the highest body weight, and the high production strain had the lowest condition score. There was a strain x FS interaction for yield of milk, fat, and protein. The milk production response to increased concentrate supplementation (MPFS vs. HCFS) was greater with both the high production and high durability strains (1.10 kg of milk/kg of concentrate for high production; 1.00 kg of milk/kg of concentrate for high durability) than the New Zealand strain (0.55 kg of milk/kg of concentrate). The results indicate that the optimum strain of HF will vary with feed system.
Key Words: Holstein-Friesian strain • grass-based feed system
Abbreviation key: FS = feed system, HCFS = high concentrate feed system, HD = high durability, HF = Holstein-Friesian, HP = high production, HSFS = high stocking rate feed system, MPFS = high grass feed system, NZ = New Zealand, PGSSH = postgrazing sward surface height.
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