Combinations of Linear Type Traits Affecting the Longevity in Hungarian Holstein-Friesian Cows
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Abstract
1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
- Chest width–body depth (a, b)
- Rear legs rear view–rear legs side view (a, b)
- Fore udder attachment–udder depth (a, b)
- Stature–rump width (a, b)
- Central ligament–front teat placement (a)
- Angularity–rear udder height (b)
- heritability.
- genetic variance estimated using the Survival Kit.
- = proportion of uncensored records [27].
3. Results
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Traits | Factor I. | Factor II. | Factor III. | Factor IV. | Factor V. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Eigenvalues | 1.618 | 1.553 | 1.537 | 1.397 | 1.257 |
Variance of eigenvalues % | 11.6 | 11.1 | 10.9 | 9.9 | 8.9 |
Stature | 0.19 | −0.05 | 0.19 | 0.73 | −0.04 |
Chest width | 0.72 | 0.07 | 0.08 | 0.32 | −0.02 |
Body depth | 0.89 | 0.04 | −0.08 | 0.15 | 0.03 |
Angularity | −0.06 | −0.09 | 0.01 | 0.08 | 0.06 |
Rump angle | −0.04 | −0.03 | −0.07 | 0.04 | −0.01 |
Rump width | 0.16 | 0.07 | −0.09 | 0.82 | 0.04 |
Rear leg rear view | 0.01 | −0.88 | −0.03 | 0.05 | 0.00 |
Rear leg side view | 0.09 | 0.86 | 0.09 | 0.09 | 0.00 |
Fore udder attachment | 0.19 | 0.14 | 0.83 | −0.08 | 0.01 |
Rear udder height | 0.04 | 0.08 | 0.21 | 0.05 | 0.10 |
Central ligament | −0.12 | −0.01 | −0.04 | 0.07 | 0.83 |
Udder depth | −0.36 | 0.00 | 0.78 | 0.16 | 0.21 |
Front teat placement | 0.19 | 0.01 | 0.35 | −0.08 | 0.72 |
Teat length | 0.10 | 0.04 | 0.04 | 0.02 | 0.03 |
Factors | p-Values | |
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Random effect | Animal | <0.0001 |
Fix effects | Herd | 0.4232 |
Year of birth | 0.1257 | |
Age at first calving | <0.0001 | |
Time-dependent covariate | Year of calving | <0.0001 |
Combinations of linear type traits | Chest width–body depth | <0.0001 |
Rear legs rear view–rear legs side view | 0.8774 | |
Fore udder attachment–udder depth | <0.0001 | |
Stature–rump width | 0.3721 | |
Central ligament–front teat placement | 0.9188 | |
Angularity–rear udder height | <0.0001 |
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Török, E.; Komlósi, I.; Szőnyi, V.; Béri, B.; Mészáros, G.; Posta, J. Combinations of Linear Type Traits Affecting the Longevity in Hungarian Holstein-Friesian Cows. Animals 2021, 11, 3065. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani11113065
Török E, Komlósi I, Szőnyi V, Béri B, Mészáros G, Posta J. Combinations of Linear Type Traits Affecting the Longevity in Hungarian Holstein-Friesian Cows. Animals. 2021; 11(11):3065. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani11113065
Chicago/Turabian StyleTörök, Evelin, István Komlósi, Viktor Szőnyi, Béla Béri, Gábor Mészáros, and János Posta. 2021. "Combinations of Linear Type Traits Affecting the Longevity in Hungarian Holstein-Friesian Cows" Animals 11, no. 11: 3065. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani11113065