Records of 4595 lactations from 2254 cows, daughters of 145 sires and 1,618 dams of the Gyr breed, assigned to 18 herds, with calving from 1980 to 1997 were used to study the viability of using production from projected partial lactations, on the evaluation. From 91, 151, 211 or 241 days of lactation, 10, 30, 50 or 70% of the lactations were projected, for the duration of the observed lactation and 305 days of lactation. The estimates of genetic parameters […]

Milk production records of 5,258 lactations at first calving from straightbred Gyr and crossbred Gyr:Holstein cows were used to evaluate the relationship between sire predicted transmitting ability (PTA) and the milk production of their progeny. Animal model was used to calculate the PTA using straightbred Gyr daughter only, the crossbred Gyr daughters only and all daughters at the same time. Subsequently, the PTA regressions and correlations of the sires obtained under different alternatives, with the straightbred and, or crossbred daughters […]

Records of 4595 lactations from 2254 cows, daughters of 145 sires and 1618 dams of the Gyr breed, assigned to 18 herds, with calving from 1980 to 1997 were used to study the viability of using production from projected partial lactations, on the evaluation of sires. From 91, 151, 211 or 241 days of lactation, 10, 30, 50 or 70% of the lactations were projected, for the duration of the observed lactation and at 305 days of lactation. The estimated […]

Breeding values were predicted by iterating on data using reduced animal model. Body weight at 35 days of age from two lines of meat-type chickens was measured in two generations and data file was consisted on 1044 parents (base population), 829 progeny parents and 9039 progeny non-parents. The number of iterative rounds and processing time for mixed model equations solutions via iterating on data were evaluated using seven convergence criteria (101 to 10-5). A total of six rounds of iteration […]

Predicted transmitting ability (PTA) of milk yield of 529 sires using animal model (MA), sire model (MT) and herdmate contemporary comparison method (MCR) were calculated and compared by means of correlation’s rank and values, reliability, differences among PTA and percent of coincidence in the selection of the best bulls. Two sets of data were considered one contained up to five lactation per cow and other with production data at first lactation. Data of 12,762 lactations of 5757 Gyr and crossbred […]

Previous and present days open were fit simultaneously as fixed effects in a sire model for 305 day milk production (L305) containing yet the fixed effects of herd-year-season, level of Holstein blood, age of cow as covariant (up to 3rd degree) and the random effects of sire and cow. A relationship matrix including the bull, his sire and his dam was used. The same model without age of cow was used for 305-day mature age equivalent milk yield (PROAJU). The […]