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Phenotyping of robustness and milk quality
Berry, D.P.; McParland, S.; Bastin, Catherine et al.
2013In Advances in Animal Biosciences, 4 (3), p. 600-605
 

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Keywords :
Infrared; rapid; low cost; dairy; phenotype
Abstract :
[en] A phenotype describes the outcome of the interacting development between the genotype of an individual and its specific environment throughout life. Animal breeding currently exploits large data sets of phenotypic and pedigree information to estimate the genetic merit of animals. Here we describe rapid, low-cost phenomic tools for dairy cattle. We give particular emphasis to infrared spectroscopy of milk because the necessary spectral data are already routinely available on milk samples from individual cows and herds, and therefore the operational cost of implementing such a phenotyping strategy is minimal. The accuracy of predicting milk quality traits from mid-infrared spectroscopy (MIR) analysis of milk, although dependent on the trait under investigation, is particularly promising for differentiating between good and poor-quality dairy products. Many fatty acid concentrations in milk, and in particular saturated fatty acid content, can be very accurately predicted from milk MIR. These results have been confirmed in many international populations. Albeit from only two studied populations investigated in the RobustMilk project, milk MIR analysis also appears to be a reasonable predictor of cow energy balance, a measure of animal robustness; high accuracy of prediction was not expected as the gold standard method of measuring energy balance in those populations was likely to contain error. Because phenotypes predicted from milk MIR are available routinely from milk testing, longitudinal data analyses could be useful to identify animals of superior genetic merit for milk quality and robustness, as well as for monitoring changes in milk quality and robustness because of management, while simultaneously accounting for the genetic merit of the animals. These sources of information can be very valuable input parameters in decision-support tools for both milk producers and processors.
Disciplines :
Genetics & genetic processes
Animal production & animal husbandry
Author, co-author :
Berry, D.P.;  Teagasc Moorepark > Animal & Grassland Research and Innovation Centre > Animal & Bioscience Research Department
McParland, S.;  Teagasc Moorepark > Animal & Grassland Research and Innovation Centre > Animal & Bioscience Research Department
Bastin, Catherine ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Sciences agronomiques > Zootechnie
Wall, E.;  Scotland's Rural College
Gengler, Nicolas  ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Sciences agronomiques > Zootechnie
Soyeurt, Hélène  ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Sciences agronomiques > Zootechnie
Language :
English
Title :
Phenotyping of robustness and milk quality
Publication date :
2013
Journal title :
Advances in Animal Biosciences
ISSN :
2040-4700
Publisher :
Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, United Kingdom
Volume :
4
Issue :
3
Pages :
600-605
European Projects :
FP7 - 211708 - ROBUSTMILK - Innovative and Practical Breeding Tools for Improved Dairy Products from More Robust Dairy Cattle
Funders :
CE - Commission Européenne [BE]
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