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Estimates of Heritability, Repeatability and Correlation of Some Productive and Reproductive Traits of Holstein Cows in Egypt

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Last updated: 01 Jan 2025

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Animal Reproduction & Artificial Insemination

Abstract

This study aimed to estimate genetic parameters, including direct and maternal heritability, repeatability, and genetic correlations for productive and reproductive traits in Holstein cows in Egypt. Data from 10,834 productive records of 2,656 Holstein cows collected from 2002 to 2014 at El-Lahhamy farm were analyzed. The characteristics studied included total milk yield (TMY), lactation period (LP), service period (SP), and calving interval (CI). Results showed moderate direct heritability for TMY 0.28 and low estimates for LP 0.04, SP 0.029, and CI 0.027. Maternal heritability estimates were generally low across all traits, ranging from 0.02 to 0.027. Repeatability estimates were moderate for TMY (0.46) but low for reproductive traits ranging from 0.081 to 0.095. Strong positive genetic correlations were found between LP and SP (0.77) and between SP and CI (0.81), while a strong negative correlation was observed between age at first calving and CI (-0.83). The findings suggest that while genetic improvement for milk production is achievable through selection, reproductive traits are more heavily influenced by environmental factors. 

DOI

10.21608/ejvs.2024.331659.2453

Keywords

Holstein cows, Lactation period, maternal heritability, genetic correlations and total milk yield

Authors

First Name

Rasha

Last Name

Somida

MiddleName

Abdel-Hamed

Affiliation

Animal Production Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Fayoum University, 63514 Fayoum, Egypt

Email

ram04@fayoum.edu.eg

City

ElFayoum

Orcid

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First Name

Sawsan

Last Name

Ahmed

MiddleName

Mansour

Affiliation

Agricultural Research Center, Animal Production Research Institute, Giza, Egypt

Email

sawsan50man@yahoo.com

City

El Giza

Orcid

0000-0002-0705-3784

First Name

Marwa

Last Name

Ahmed

MiddleName

Mostafa

Affiliation

Department of Animal Production, National Research Centre, Giza, Egypt

Email

marwamostafa.nrc@gmail.com

City

El Giza

Orcid

0000-0003-2403-8217

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-2

Receive Date

2024-10-27

Publish Date

2024-12-03

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1

Page End

8

Print ISSN

1110-0222

Online ISSN

2357-089X

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394,897

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Original Article

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140

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Journal

Publication Title

Egyptian Journal of Veterinary Sciences

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https://ejvs.journals.ekb.eg/

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Estimates of Heritability, Repeatability and Correlation of Some Productive and Reproductive Traits of Holstein Cows in Egypt

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Created At

23 Dec 2024