Skip to main content

Table 6 Estimates of genetic (below diagonal) and phenotypic (above diagonal) correlations between milk yield on selected days in milk (DIM) for different milking frequency in the first and second lactations

From: Influence of milking frequency on genetic parameters associated with the milk production in the first and second lactations of Iranian Holstein dairy cows using random regression test day models

MFa Lactation and DIM

DIM

 

35

65

95

125

155

185

215

245

275

305

3X First

 35

 

-

0.34

0.29

0.27

0.23

0.19

0.17

0.18

0.19

0.10

 65

 

0.19

-

0.59

0.51

0.46

0.47

0.47

0.43

0.38

0.40

 95

 

0.14

0.87

-

0.62

0.57

0.55

0.52

0.50

0.46

0.41

 125

 

0.17

0.67

0.94

-

0.64

0.60

0.56

0.53

0.50

0.42

 155

 

0.07

0.74

0.95

0.97

-

0.66

0.62

0.56

0.51

0.49

 185

 

−0.09

0.86

0.94

0.87

0.95

-

0.70

0.63

0.55

0.59

 225

 

−0.18

0.89

0.94

0.81

0.88

0.97

-

0.69

0.63

0.63

 245

 

−0.14

0.76

0.92

0.82

0.80

0.83

0.91

-

0.73

0.62

 275

 

0.03

0.54

0.80

0.81

0.72

0.65

0.71

0.92

-

0.63

 305

 

0.02

0.76

0.72

0.64

0.75

0.84

0.80

0.63

0.53

-

3X Second

 35

 

-

0.51

0.43

0.38

0.35

0.33

0.31

0.29

0.27

0.22

 65

 

0.52

-

0.58

0.55

0.51

0.44

0.38

0.32

0.27

0.23

 95

 

0.29

0.96

-

0.65

0.61

0.55

0.46

0.39

0.32

0.26

 125

 

0.32

0.90

0.97

-

0.68

0.63

0.56

0.48

0.40

0.30

 155

 

0.45

0.73

0.79

0.92

-

0.70

0.66

0.59

0.50

0.36

 185

 

0.53

0.47

0.50

0.70

0.92

-

0.73

0.69

0.60

0.44

 225

 

0.54

0.27

0.28

0.50

0.80

0.97

-

0.75

0.69

0.52

 245

 

0.51

0.18

0.18

0.41

0.73

0.93

0.99

-

0.76

0.63

 275

 

0.43

0.20

0.23

0.44

0.73

0.91

0.96

0.98

-

0.75

 305

 

0.17

0.37

0.46

0.60

0.72

0.74

0.71

0.73

0.85

-

4X First

 35

 

-

0.26

0.19

0.24

0.25

0.20

0.14

0.14

0.17

0.04

 65

 

−0.71

-

0.67

0.55

0.49

0.51

0.50

0.45

0.33

0.37

 95

 

−0.57

0.90

-

0.68

0.62

0.61

0.58

0.54

0.45

0.43

 125

 

−0.18

0.67

0.90

-

0.71

0.68

0.61

0.58

0.52

0.45

 155

 

0.02

0.61

0.82

0.97

-

0.71

0.65

0.61

0.54

0.48

 185

 

−0.01

0.75

0.83

0.90

0.95

-

0.73

0.68

0.58

0.55

 225

 

−0.11

0.85

0.84

0.81

0.86

0.96

-

0.73

0.63

0.59

 245

 

−0.09

0.75

0.80

0.79

0.80

0.86

0.94

-

0.74

0.63

 275

 

0.00

0.47

0.68

0.79

0.76

0.72

0.75

0.91

-

0.67

 305

 

−0.41

0.67

0.74

0.72

0.73

0.77

0.73

0.61

0.55

-

4X Second

 35

 

-

0.49

0.47

0.45

0.35

0.24

0.20

0.26

0.32

0.17

 65

 

0.40

-

0.67

0.60

0.54

0.49

0.45

0.39

0.31

0.30

 95

 

0.36

0.87

-

0.71

0.65

0.57

0.50

0.44

0.38

0.32

 125

 

0.31

0.61

0.91

-

0.73

0.64

0.56

0.52

0.47

0.37

 155

 

0.14

0.57

0.86

0.95

-

0.71

0.66

0.61

0.54

0.45

 185

 

−0.04

0.63

0.72

0.70

0.87

-

0.76

0.71

0.60

0.55

 225

 

0.01

0.63

0.61

0.53

0.72

0.96

-

0.80

0.69

0.63

 245

 

0.27

0.55

0.56

0.55

0.70

0.86

0.93

-

0.80

0.69

 275

 

0.41

0.32

0.46

0.59

0.69

0.71

0.75

0.93

-

0.74

 305

 

−0.29

0.17

0.29

0.42

0.73

0.97

0.97

0.88

0.73

-

  1. aMilking frequency