Breeding for Robustness in Cattle - Eaap 126
Breeding for Robustness in Cattle - Eaap 126
Author (s): Edited by: Marija Klopcic, Reinhard Reents, Jan Philipsson and Abele KuipersEAAP Scientific Series - ISSN 0071-2477, Volume 126
The past decade has revealed unfavourable trends in e.g. fertility, udder health and locomotion in some major dairy cattle breeds due to a large increase in production and insufficient consideration of functional traits in the breeding goals. Such unfavourable trends in some functional traits increase costs. Additionally, the enlargement of herds leads to less available labour time per individual cow. This asks for cows that are easy to handle. At the same time, society is demanding a higher welfare standard of animals. These contradicting developments have increased the desire for so called more robust animals. Robustness can be defined as 'the ability to maintain homeostasis in commonly accepted and sustainable herds of the near future'; or 'the ability of the cow to function well in the environment she lives in as well as in a wide range of climates and production systems'.
This book contains a series of articles (26) dealing with the concept of robustness, including aspects like evolution, genetics, environment, animal health and welfare, and integrity. Besides the major functional traits also the links to energy balance, hot climatic conditions, and the attitude and input of stakeholders towards robustness as part of the breeding program are discussed.
This book is the first attempt to summarise the available knowledge concerning this topic in cattle, making this book unique. The contributions are from authors of 16 countries from all over the world. However, the focus is presently on farm animal level, while in future robustness of the whole production system may also require additional attention.
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Publication date: 2009
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Extent:288 pp
ISBN: 978-90-8686-084-5
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Introduction - Abele Kuipers and Reinhard Reents
Part 1 General concepts
Author index
About the editors
Part 1 General concepts
- The role of environmental sensitivity and plasticity in breeding for robustness: lessons from evolutionary genetics - E. Strandberg
- Genetic concepts to improve robustness of dairy cows - J. ten Napel, M.P.L. Calus, H.A. Mulder and R.F. Veerkamp
- Robustness as a breeding goal and its relation with health, welfare and integrity - E.D. Ellen, L. Star, K. Uitdehaag and F.W.A. Brom
- Robustness in dairy cows: experimental studies of reproduction, fertility, behaviour and welfare - A. Lawrence, G.E. Pollott, J. Gibbons, M. Haskell, E. Wall, S. Brotherstone, M.P. Coffey, I. White and G. Simm
- An international perspective on breeding for robustness in dairy cattle - H. Jorjani, J.H. Jakobsen, F. Forabosco, E. Hjerpe and W.F. Fikse
- Co-operation between Nordic and US Holstein alters the ratio between the traits that contribute to total merit - L.H. Buch, A.C. Sørensen, J. Lassen, P. Berg and M.K. Sørensen
- Predictive ability of different models for clinical mastitis in joint genetic evaluation for Sweden, Denmark and Finland - K. Johansson, S. Eriksson, W.F. Fikse, J. Pösö, U. Sander Nielsen and G. Pedersen Aamand
- Breeding for improved disease resistance in ruminants - S.C. Bishop
- Do robust dairy cows already exist? - J.E. Pryce, B.L. Harris, J.R. Bryant and W.A. Montgomerie
- A review on breeding for functional longevity of dairy cow - F. Miglior and A. Sewalem
- Heritability of lifetime milk yield and productive life and their relationship with production and functional traits in the Simmental, Swiss Fleckvieh and Red Holstein populations in Switzerland - M. Gugger, F. Ménétrey, S. Rieder and M. Schneeberger
- Genetic correlation between persistency and calving interval of Holsteins in Japan - K. Hagiya, K. Togashi, H. Takeda, T. Yamasaki, T. Shirai, J. Sabri, Y. Masuda and M. Suzuki
- Parameter estimation and genetic evaluation of female fertility traits in dairy cattle - Z. Liu, J. Jaitner, F. Reinhardt, E. Pasman, S. Rensing and R. Reents
- Relationship between milk production traits and fertility in Austrian Simmental cattle - B. Gredler, C. Fuerst, B. Fuerst-Waltl and J. Sölkner
- Relationships between disorders of the bovine hoof and fertility in dairy cattle herds in Northern Germany - H.H. Swalve, H. Alkhoder and R. Pijl
- Environmental and genetic effects on claw disorders in Finnish dairy cattle - A.-E. Liinamo, M. Laakso and M. Ojala
- Genetic analysis of claw disorders and relationships with production and type traits - S. König, X.-L. Wu, D. Gianola and H. Simianer
- Milk production, udder health, body condition score and fertility performance of Holstein- Friesian, Norwegian Red and Norwegian Red×Holstein-Friesian cows on Irish dairy farms - N. Begley, K. Pierce and F. Buckley
- Derivation of direct economic values for body tissue mobilisation in dairy cows - E. Wall, M.P. Coffey and P.R. Amer
- The link between energy balance and fertility in dairy cows - G.E. Pollott and M.P. Coffey
- Potential to genetically alter intake and energy balance in grass fed dairy cows - D.P. Berry, M. O’ Donovan and P. Dillon
- Profitable dairy cow traits for hot climatic conditions - A. De Vries and J.B. Cole
- Perception of robustness traits in breeding goal for dairy cattle in a new EU country - M. Klopèiè and A. Kuipers
- The role of robustness in type classification - A. Hamoen, G. de Jong and M. van Pelt
Author index
About the editors
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