Acta Univ. Agric. Silvic. Mendelianae Brun. 2019, 67(6), 1419-1426 | DOI: 10.11118/actaun201967061419

The Analysis of Reproduction in Population of the Slovak Spotted Dairy Cows

Jozef Bujko1, Juraj Candrák1, Peter Strapák2, Július Žitný1, Cyril Hrnčár3, Anton Kováčik4
1 Department of Genetic and Animal Breeding Biology, Faculty of Agrobiology and Food Resources, Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra, Tr. A. Hlinku 2, 949 76 Nitra, Slovak Republic
2 Department of Animal Husbandry, Faculty of Agrobiology and Food Resources, Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra, Tr. A. Hlinku 2, 949 76 Nitra, Slovak Republic
3 Department of Poultry Science and Small Farm Animal, Faculty of Agrobiology and Food Resources, Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra, Tr. A. Hlinku 2, 949 76 Nitra, Slovak Republic
4 Department of Animal Physiology, Faculty of Biotechnology and Food Science, Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra, Tr. A. Hlinku 2, 949 76 Nitra, Slovak Republic

The aim of study was to analyse the reproduction and factors affecting on reproduction traits of dairy cows in population of Slovak Spotted cattle from 2007 to 2016 the results for 37,274 dairy cows: days to first service (DFS), days open (DO), number of inseminations per conception (NIC), age of first calving (AFC) and calving interval (CI). The basic statistical analysis were analysed using the SAS version 9.3. For the actual computation a linear models with fixed effects was used: For the actual computation a linear models with fixed effects was used: yijklm = μ + HYSi + BTj+ Fk+ Bl +eijklm. The linear model represents coefficients determination R2 = 0.452117% (P < 0.001) for DFS, R2 = 0.377715% (P < 0.001) for DO, R2 = 0.348442% (P < 0.001) for NIC and R2 = 0.317128% (P < 0.001) for CI with all fixed effects. Correlation coefficients among DFS with DO, NIC, AFC and CI were r = 0.37275, r = -0.06881, r = 0.06493 and r = 0.08348. These coefficients were highly statistically significant (P < 0.001).

Keywords: Slovak Spotted cattle, dairy cows, reproduction traits, correlation, coefficient of determination, genetic and non-genetic factors
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This work supported by the Scientific Grant Agency of the Ministry of Education, Science, Research and Sport of the Slovak Republic and the Slovak Academy of Sciences (VEGA) (Project No. 1/0742/17) and (KEGA) (Project No. 012SPU-4/2019). Authors would like thanks the Breeding Services of the Slovak Republic (B.S. SR. S.E.) for providing data for processing.

Received: September 27, 2019; Accepted: November 12, 2019; Published: December 22, 2019  Show citation

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Bujko, J., Candrák, J., Strapák, P., Žitný, J., Hrnčár, C., & Kováčik, A. (2019). The Analysis of Reproduction in Population of the Slovak Spotted Dairy Cows. Acta Universitatis Agriculturae et Silviculturae Mendelianae Brunensis, 67(6), 1419-1426. doi: 10.11118/actaun201967061419
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