Sire x contemporary group interactions for birth weight and preweaning growth traits in the Asturiana de los Valles beef cattle breed

Livestock Science

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 61-68

  Gutierrez J P ^a   Fernandez I ^b   Alvarez, I ^b   Royo, L J ^b   Goyache, F ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b Área de Cultivos Hortofrutícolas y Forestales   (Spain)

Author keywords

Average daily gain; Birth weight; Genetic correlation; Heritability; Maternal effect; Preferential treatment; Weaning weight

Indexed keywords

BOS TAURUS;

EID: 32544435802     PISSN: 18711413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.livprodsci.2005.05.021     Document Type: Article

References (25)

1. M. Berweger Baschnagel, J. Moll, and M. Kunzi Comparison of models to estimate maternal effects for weaning weight of Swiss Angus cattle fitting a sire × herd interaction as an additional random effect Livest. Prod. Sci. 60 1999 203 208
2. M.P.L. Calus, A.F. Groen, and G. de Jong Genotype × environment interaction for protein yield in Dutch dairy cattle as quantified by different models J. Dairy Sci. 85 2002 3115 3123
3. Canavesi, F. 1993. Sire by herd interaction effect when variances across herds are heterogeneous. MS thesis. University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada.
4. J. Dodenhoff, L.D. Van Vleck, and D.E. Wilson Comparison of models to estimate genetic effects of weaning weight of Angus cattle J. Anim. Sci. 77 1999 3176 3184
5. F. Goyache, J.P. Gutiérrez, I. Álvarez, I. Fernández, L.J. Royo, and E. Gomez Genetic analysis of calf survival at different preweaning ages in beef cattle Livest. Prod. Sci. 83 2003 13 20
6. F. Goyache, I. Fernández, L.J. Royo, I. Álvarez, and J.P. Gutiérrez Factors affecting actual weaning weight, preweaning average daily gain and relative growth rate in Asturiana de los Valles beef cattle breed Arch. Anim. Breed. 46 2003 235 244
7. F. Goyache, J.P. Gutiérrez, I. Fernández, L.J. Royo, and I. Álvarez Genetic analysis of days open in Asturiana de los Valles beef cattle breed Livest. Prod. Sci. 93 2005 283 289
8. J.P. Gutiérrez, and F. Goyache Estimation of genetic parameters of type traits in beef cattle J. Anim. Breed. Genet. 119 2002 93 100
9. J.P. Gutiérrez, J. Cañón, and F. Goyache Estimation of direct and maternal genetic parameters for preweaning traits in the Asturiana de los Valles beef cattle breed trough animal and sire models J. Anim. Breed. Genet. 114 1997 261 266
10. J.P. Gutiérrez, I. Alvarez, I. Fernández, L.J. Royo, J. Díez, and F. Goyache Genetic relationships between calving date, calving interval, age at first calving and type traits in beef cattle Livest. Prod. Sci. 78 2002 215 222
11. C. Hagger Litter, permanent environmental, ram-flock, and genetic effects on early weight gain of lambs J. Anim. Sci. 76 1998 452 457
12. K.V. Konstantinov, and F.D. Brien Influence of sire by year interactions on the direct-maternal genetic correlation for weaning weight of Western Australian Merino sheep Aust. J. Agric. Res. 54 7 2003 223 229
13. K.R. Koots, J.P. Gibson, C. Smith, and J.W. Wilton Analyses of published genetic parameter estimates for beef production traits. 1: heritability Anim. Breed. Abstr. 62 1994 309 338
14. K.R. Koots, J.P. Gibson, C. Smith, and J.W. Wilton Analyses of published genetic parameter estimates for beef production traits. 2: phenotypic and genetic correlations Anim. Breed. Abstr. 62 1994 825 853
15. C. Lee, and E.J. Pollak Influence of sire misidentification on sire × year interaction variance and direct-maternal genetic covariance for weaning weight in beef cattle J. Anim. Sci. 75 1997 2858 2863
16. C. Lee, and E.J. Pollak Relationship between sire × year interactions and direct-maternal genetic correlation for weaning weight of Simmental cattle J. Anim. Sci. 75 1997 68 75
17. K. Meyer Estimates of variances due sire × herd interactions and environmental covariances between paternal half-sibs for first lactation dairy production Livest. Prod. Sci. 17 1987 95 115
18. K. Meyer Variance components due to direct and maternal effects for growth traits of Australian beef cattle Livest. Prod. Sci. 31 1992 179 204
19. K. Meyer Estimates of genetic parameters for weaning weight of beef cattle accounting for direct-maternal environmental covariances Livest. Prod. Sci. 52 1997 187 199
20. K. Meyer "DXMRR"-a program to estimate covariance functions for longitudinal data by restricted maximum likelihood Proc. 6th World Congr. Genet. Appl. Livest. Prod. vol. 27 1998 465 466
21. D.R. Notter, B. Tier, and K. Meyer Sire × herd interactions for weaning weight in beef cattle J. Anim. Sci. 70 1992 2359 2365
22. R.L. Powell, G.R. Wiggans, and H.D. Norman Effect of sampling status and adjustment for heterogeneous variances on bias in bull evaluations J. Dairy Sci. 77 1994 883 890
23. D.L. Robinson Estimation and interpretation of direct and maternal genetic parameters for weights of Australian Angus cattle Livest. Prod. Sci. 45 1996 1 11
24. D.L. Robinson Models which might explain negative correlations between direct and maternal genetic effects Livest. Prod. Sci. 45 1996 111 122
25. S.L. Senneke, M.D. MacNeil, and L.D. Van Vleck Effects of sire misidentification on estimates of genetic parameters for birth and weaning weights in Hereford cattle J. Anim. Sci. 82 2004 2307 2312