Genetic evaluations for mixed-breed populations

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 90, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 2434-2441

  Vanraden, P M ^a   Tooker, M E ^a   Cole, J B ^a   Wiggans, G R ^a   Megonigal Jr , J H ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Crossbreeding; Genetic evaluation; Multibreed

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS;

EID: 35748945728     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2006-704     Document Type: Article

References (24)

1. Arnold, J. W., J. K. Bertrand, and L. L. Benyshek. 1992. Animal model for genetic evaluation of multibreed data. J. Anim. Sci. 70:3322-3332.
2. Cole, J. B., R. C. Goodling, Jr., G. R. Wiggans, and P. M. VanRaden. 2005. Genetic evaluation of calving ease for Brown Swiss and Jersey bulls from purebred and crossbred calvings. J. Dairy Sci. 88:1529-1539.
3. Garcia-Peniche, T. B., B. G. Cassell, R. E. Pearson, and I. Misztal. 2005. Comparisons of Holsteins with Brown Swiss and Jersey cows on the same farm for age at first calving and first calving interval. J. Dairy Sci. 88:790-796.
4. Harbers, A. G. F. 1997. The usage of heterosis correction in a multiple breed genetic evaluation. Interbull Bull. 16:89-93.
5. Harris, B. L. 1994. Animal model for New Zealand dairy cattle evaluation. Interbull Bull. 10, 15 pp.
6. Heins, B. J., L. B. Hansen, and A. J. Seykora. 2006. Production of pure Holsteins versus crossbreds of Holstein with Normande, Montbeliarde, and Scandinavian Red. J. Dairy Sci. 89:2799-2804.
7. Interbull. 2004. Code of practice, appendix III: Trend validation procedures. http://www-interbull.slu.se/service_documentation/ General/Code_of_practice/appendix_3.pdf Accessed Sept. 25, 2006.
8. Lidauer, M., E. A. Mantysaari, I. Stranden, J. Poso, J. Pedersen, U. S. Nielsen, K. Johansson, J. A. Eriksson, P. Madsen, and G. P. Aamand. 2006. Random heterosis and recombination loss effects in a multibreed evaluation for Nordic red dairy cattle. Proc. 8th World Congr. Genet. Appl. Livest. Prod., Belo Horizonte, Brazil. Commun. 24-02.
9. Lutaaya, E., I. Misztal, J. W. Mabry, T. Short, H. H. Timm, and R. Holzbauer. 2002. Joint evaluation of purebreds and crossbreds in swine. J. Anim. Sci. 80:2263-2266.
10. McAllister, A. J. 2002. Is crossbreeding the answer to questions of dairy breed utilization? J. Dairy Sci. 85:2352-2357.
11. McDaniel, B. T. 1973. Merits and problems of adjusting to other than mature age. J. Dairy Sci. 56:959-967.
12. Norman, H. D., T. R. Meinert, M. M. Schutz, and J. R. Wright. 1995. Age and seasonal effects on Holstein yield for four regions of the United States over time. J. Dairy Sci. 78:1855-1861.
13. NRS (The Royal Dutch Cattle Syndicate). 2005. Breeding value esti-mation of milk production traits with test-day model. Chapter E7, Handbook NRS. NRS, Arnhem, the Netherlands.
14. Pollak, E. J., and R. L. Quaas. 2005. Multibreed genetic evaluations of beef cattle. Pages 101-104 in Proc. Beef Improv. Fed. 37th Annu. Res. Symp. and Annu. Mtg., Billings, MT. Beef Improve-ment Federation, Manhattan, KS.
15. Schutz, M. M. 1994. Age-season standardization for yield traits. Avail-1 able: http://aipl.arsusda.gov/reference/ageseason.htm Accessed Sept. 11, 2006.
16. Sullivan, P. G., J. W. Wilton, S. P. Miller, and L. R. Banks. 1999. Genetic trends and breed overlap derived from multiple-breed genetic evaluations of beef cattle for growth traits. J. Anim. Sci. 77:2019-2027.
17. Van der Werf, J. H. J., and W. de Boer. 1989. Estimation of genetic parameters in a crossbred population of black and white dairy cattle. J. Dairy Sci. 72:2615-2623.
18. VanRaden, P. M. 1992. Accounting for inbreeding and crossbreeding in genetic evaluation of large populations. J. Dairy Sci. 75:3136-3144.
19. VanRaden, P. M., and A. H. Sanders. 2003. Economic merit of crossbred and purebred US dairy cattle. J. Dairy Sci. 86:1036-1044.
20. VanRaden, P. M., M. E. Tooker, and J. B. Cole. 2004. Heterosis and breed differences for daughter pregnancy rate of crossbred dairy cows. J. Dairy Sci. 87(Suppl. 1):284. (Abstr.)
21. Wei, M., and J. H. van der Werf. 1995. Genetic correlation and heritabilities for purebred and crossbred performance in poultry egg production traits. J. Anim. Sci. 73:2220-2226.
22. Weigel, K. A., and K. A. Barlass. 2003. Results of a producer survey regarding crossbreeding on US dairy farms. J. Dairy Sci. 86:4148-4154.
23. Wiggans, G. R. 1989. Animal model evaluation of dairy goats for milk, fat, and protein yields with crossbred animals included. J. Dairy Sci. 72:2411-2416.
24. Wiggans, G. R., and P. M. VanRaden. 1991. Method and effect of adjustment for heterogeneous variance. J. Dairy Sci. 74:4350-4357.