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Novel genetic parameters for genetic residual feed intake in dairy cattle using time series data from multiple parities and countries in North America and Europe

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  • R B Stephansen
  • P Martin, Université Paris-Saclay (Paris XI)
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  • C I V Manzanilla-Pech
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  • B Gredler-Grandl, Wageningen University & Research
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  • G Sahana
  • P Madsen
  • K Weigel, University of Wisconsin-Madison
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  • R J Tempelman, Michigan State University
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  • F Peñagaricano, University of Wisconsin-Madison
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  • K L Parker Gaddis, Council on Dairy Cattle Breeding
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  • H M White, University of Wisconsin-Madison
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  • J E P Santos, Florida International University
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  • J E Koltes, Iowa State University
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  • F Schenkel, University of Guelph
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  • D Hailemariam, University of Alberta
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  • G Plastow, University of Alberta
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  • E Abdalla, Vereinigte Informationssysteme Tierhaltung
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  • M VandeHaar, Michigan State University
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  • R F Veerkamp, Wageningen University & Research
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  • C Baes, University of Bern, University of Guelph
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  • J Lassen, VikingGenetics
Residual feed intake is viewed as an important trait in breeding programs that could be used to enhance genetic progress in feed efficiency. In particular, improving feed efficiency could improve both economic and environmental sustainability in the dairy cattle industry. However, data remain sparse, limiting the development of reliable genomic evaluations across lactation and parity for residual feed intake. Here, we estimated novel genetic parameters for genetic residual feed intake (gRFI) across the first, second, and third parity, using a random regression model. Research data on the measured feed intake, milk production, and body weight of 7,379 cows (271,080 records) from 6 countries in 2 continents were shared through the Horizon 2020 project GenTORE and Resilient Dairy Genome Project. The countries included Canada (1,053 cows with 47,130 weekly records), Denmark (1,045 cows with 72,760 weekly records), France (329 cows with 16,888 weekly records), Germany (938 cows with 32,614 weekly records), the Netherlands (2,051 cows with 57,830 weekly records), and United States (1,963 cows with 43,858 weekly records). Each trait had variance components estimated from first to third parity, using a random regression model across countries. Genetic residual feed intake was found to be heritable in all 3 parities, with first parity being predominant (range: 22–34%). Genetic residual feed intake was highly correlated across parities for mid- to late lactation; however, genetic correlation across parities was lower during early lactation, especially when comparing first and third parity. We estimated a genetic correlation of 0.77 ± 0.37 between North America and Europe for dry matter intake at first parity. Published literature on genetic correlations between high input countries/continents for dry matter intake support a high genetic correlation for dry matter intake. In conclusion, our results demonstrate the feasibility of estimating variance components for gRFI across parities, and the value of sharing data on scarce phenotypes across countries. These results can potentially be implemented in genetic evaluations for gRFI in dairy cattle.
OriginalsprogEngelsk
TidsskriftJournal of Dairy Science
ISSN0022-0302
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StatusE-pub ahead of print - 5 sep. 2023

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© 2023, The Authors. Published by Elsevier Inc. and Fass Inc. on behalf of the American Dairy Science Association®. This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).

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