Response to selection of United States Holstein Sires in Latin America

Milk yield was regressed on sire PD for sire records from Colombia, Mexico, and Puerto Rico. Milk yields were expressed as daughter herd-year deviations for projected or actual 305-d milk yield after adjustments for age and season of calving. Herd-year means and standard deviations were determined using all cows in a herd-year including those with unknown sires. Average herd-year mean and SD were less for Colombia and Puerto Rico than for Mexico. Average herd-year SD within same herd-year mean classification also were smaller for Colombia and Puerto Rico compared to Mexico. Coefficients for daughter milk response regressed on sire PD were similar in Colombia (0.31 ¦ 0.02) and Puerto Rico (0.32 ¦ 0.02) and greater in Mexico (0.54 ¦ 0.02). Daughter responses increased similarly and approximately linearly with increasing herd-year SD in each country but not with increasing herd-year mean. Daughter milk response to sire selection was less than reported responses in US herds with similar herd-year means and SD. Therefore, using sire PTA estimated from US daughter will overestimate milk responses of daughters in Latin American dairy herd environments

Bibliographic Details

Main Authors:	121468 Stanton, T.L., 49215 Blake, R.W., 107704 Quas, R.L., 127307 Van Vleck, L.D.
Format:	biblioteca
Published:	1991
Subjects:	GANADO DE LECHE, PRODUCCION DE LECHE, SELECCION GENETICA, EVALUACION DE SEMENTALES, AMERICA LATINA,
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