Estimates of Genetic Parameters of First Lactation Traits in Crossbreed Hardhenu (Bos Taurus X Bos Indicus) Cattle
Journal Title: International Journal of Agricultural Science and Research (IJASR) - Year 2017, Vol 7, Issue 6
Abstract
Records of 192 Hard henu cattle pertaining to first lactation traits over a period of 6years from 2008 to 2014were collected from history cum pedigree sheets maintained at Cattle breeding farm, Department of Animal Genetics and Breeding Lala Lajpat Rai University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Hisar. Data were analysed by LSML(Harvey, 1990) using mixed linear model having effect of sire as random and that of year and season of calving as fixed. The first lactation traits studied were first lactation milk yield (FLY), first lactation length (FLL) first service period (FSP) and first calving interval (FCI). The overall least squares means FLY, FLL, FSP and FCI were averaged as 2392.92±70.45 kg,317.70±15.87days, 160.20± 18.08 days and 448.90± 15.13 days, respectively. The effect of period of calving was not significant for all the first lactation traits under study except for FSP. Similarly, the effect of season of calving was not significant for all the first lactation traits except for FSP. The heritability estimates for different first lactation traits were obtained as 0.27±0.34, 0.14±0.39, 0.13±0.38and 0.21±0.26forFLY, FLL, FSP and FCI, respectively. The genetic correlation among first lactation traits were positive and varied from 0.16 to 0.59 except the genetic correlation of FLL with FSP and FCI which was low and negative. The phenotypic correlation among first lactation traits were low to high positive and varied from 0.11 to 0.76, respectively.
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Manjeet . , B. L. Pander, Kamaldeep . , R. Sharma, Kapil Dev, S. S. Dhaka, Ankit Magotra
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