Estimation of economic value for efficiency and animal health and welfare traits, teat and udder structure, in Canadian Angus cattle

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Martin-Collado, DAuthor

March 15, 2021

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Publicated to:Journal Of Animal Breeding And Genetics. 138 (3): 314-325 - 2021-05-01 138(3), DOI: 10.1111/jbg.12540

Authors: Devani, Kajal; Quinton, Cheryl D; Archer, Jason A; Santos, Bruno F S; Martin-Collado, Daniel; Amer, Peter; Pajor, Ed A; Orsel, Karin; Crowley, John J

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AbacusBio Int Ltd, Roslin Innovat Ctr, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland - Author

AbacusBio Ltd, Dunedin, New Zealand - Author

Agrifood Res & Technol Ctr Aragon CITA, Anim Prod & Hlth Unit, Zaragoza, Spain - Author

CITA Univ Zaragoza, AgriFood Inst Aragon IA2, Zaragoza, Spain - Author

Univ Alberta, Fac Agr Food & Nutr Sci, Dept Agr Life & Environm Sci, Edmonton, AB, Canada - Author

Univ Calgary, Fac Vet Med, Dept Prod Anim Hlth, 2500 Hosp Dr NW, Calgary, AB T2N 4N1, Canada - Author

Abstract

The Canadian Angus Association recently developed genetic evaluations for teat and udder structure, which impact efficiencies, and animal health and welfare. Genetic selection tools are most effective incorporated into economic selection indexes. An important factor in the development of economic indexes is the estimation of the economic value and discounted gene expression coefficients, and thereby the economic weight, of each trait. Traditional estimation methods, interrogation of previous studies quantifying the impact of the traits and bioeconomic modelling, were reinforced using producer surveys that employed pairwise ranking methods. Estimates of discounted genetic expression coefficients, economic value and economic weight for teat and udder score in Canadian Angus cattle were 0.31 per sire, $52.47, and $16.91 per score change on a per calf born basis, respectively, indicating that functional traits such as teat and udder structure have a significant impact on profitability and should be included in genetic selection programmes. Limitations in previous studies illustrate the need for longitudinal studies on traits that impact efficiencies and animal health and welfare.

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conjoint analysiseconomic weightgenetic selection indexAngus cattleAnimal experimentAnimal healthAnimalsArticleBody weightCalf (mammal)CanadaCattleConjoint analysisEconomic weightFemaleGenetic selectionGenetic selection indexLactationLongitudinal studyMammary glands, animalNonhumanPhenotypeQuantitative analysisTeat and udder scoreUdder

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The work has been published in the journal Journal Of Animal Breeding And Genetics due to its progression and the good impact it has achieved in recent years, according to the agency WoS (JCR), it has become a reference in its field. In the year of publication of the work, 2021, it was in position 12/62, thus managing to position itself as a Q1 (Primer Cuartil), in the category Agriculture, Dairy & Animal Science.

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