Non-genetic features of milk yield traits under cumulative monthly recording systems Fleckvieh cattle [electronic resource].

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Data were collected in two consecutive years (1990, 1991) and included 19000,27158 and 18999 records of three different periods of simulated cumulated 31 -120 (CMRS₁), 61 -150 (CMRS₂) and 31 -150 (CMRS₃) day of lactation for the first lactation in Fleckvieh cows from the Official Federation of Austrian Cattle Breeders (ZAR). Yields of 305-day (305-d MY) and cumulative milk (CMY), fat (305-d FY & CFY), protein (305-d PY & CPY), fat-plus-protein (305-d FPY & CFPY) and percentage of protein yield/fat yield (305 POF & CPOF%) under CMRS1 up to CMRS3 were studied. The effects of calving year-season (CYS), age at first calving (AFC), days open (DO), the time from the first monthly test-day to next calving date (TFTNC) and sire on 305-day and cumulative milk traits (305-day MYT & CMYT) were examined under various cumulative monthly recording systems (CMRS). In general, the estimates of coefficient of variation (C.V) for 305-day MYT were (16.5 - 18.6%) lower than the calculated CMYT (20.4 - 22.9%), which reflected the large for CMYT. The estimates of C.V. for both FY and CFY were higher thari all other 305-day MYT and CMYT. On the other side, the estimates of C.V. for both POF% and CPOF% under CMRS seemed to be similar.

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