Genetic and environmental effects over milk production of buffalo cows in Brazil
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2007-01-01
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Ramos, A. de Amorim [UNESP]
Mendes Malhado, C. H.
Martins Filho, R.
Souza Carneiro, P. L.
Antunes de Mello Affonso, P. R.
de Souza, J. C.
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Pagepress Publ
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The objective of this paper was to evaluate the relevance of environmental and genetics effects on milk production of buffalo cows in Brazil. The data were based on the Buffalo Genetic Improvement Program - PROMEBUL, using information of 1,911 cows (107 Jafarabadi, 101 Mediterranean, 1,056 Mu/Tab and 647 crossbred females) with parturition between 1982 and 2003. The mathematic model for evaluating milk production included the fixed effects of herd, parturition year (1982 to 2003) and month (January to December), calf's sex (male or female), genetic group (Jafarabadi, Mediterranean, Murrah, and crossbreed), number of milking (one or two), lactation order (1 to 12) and duration of lactation (as a linear effect). The mean milk production in herds was 1,590.36 +/- 609.25 kg. All sources of variation were significant (P<0.05) for the studied characteristics, except calf's sex. The mean milk production per genetic group was 1,651.4; 1,592.2; 1,578.3 and 1,135.5 kg, for Murrah, Mediterranean, Crossbred and Jafarabadi, respectively. The duration of lactation was the most important source of variation over milk production, followed by the year of parturition, herd, parturition order, genetic group and month of parturition.
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Buffaloes, Evaluation, Animal Improvement
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Italian Journal of Animal Science. Pavia: Pagepress Publ, v. 6, p. 328-330, 2007.