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dc.contributor.authorDonoghue, K Aen
dc.contributor.authorBird-Gardiner, T Len
dc.contributor.authorArthur, P Fen
dc.contributor.authorHerd, Robert Men
dc.contributor.authorHegarty, Rogeren
dc.date.accessioned2017-02-22T13:37:00Z-
dc.date.issued2016-
dc.identifier.citationAnimal Production Science, 56(3), p. 213-217en
dc.identifier.issn1836-5787en
dc.identifier.issn1836-0939en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/20076-
dc.description.abstractRecords on 175 young Angus heifer and bull progeny from 46 sires, measured for methane production in respiration chambers, were used to evaluate the repeatability of methane measurement over short- and long-term periods. The traits assessed were dry matter intake (DMI), methane production rate (MPR), methane yield (MPR per unit DMI), and four residual methane (RMP) traits. The RMP traits were computed as actual MPR minus expected MPR, where the expected MPR for the first three RMP traits were calculated from three different published and widely used equations. The expected MPR for the fourth was computed by regressing MPR on DMI, using the data from the study. Animals underwent an initial (first) methane measurement test for 48 h, and one repeat methane measurement test up to 450 days after the first test. Repeat tests were classified into four different time periods: tested across consecutive days; re-tested within 60 days of first test; re-tested 61-120 days after first test; and re-tested 121-450 days after first test. Repeatabilities were calculated for all traits across all time periods, and phenotypic correlations for the same trait measured over time were obtained from bivariate analyses. Methane traits from tests conducted over consecutive days were highly repeatable (0.75-0.94) and highly phenotypically correlated (0.85-0.95). Repeatabilities from tests conducted within 60 days of the first test were moderate to high (0.59-0.91), whereas phenotypic correlations were, in general, moderate (0.30-0.44), with the exception of MPR (0.78). Results for both longer-term time periods (61-120 days and 121-450 days after the first test) were very similar, with low estimates of repeatabilities (0.16-0.27) and phenotypic correlations (0.12-0.27). Correlations between sire progeny means from the first and repeat methane test were moderate (0.46-0.77) for all traits except RMPR (0.19). Results from this study indicate that methane traits from tests conducted either on consecutive days or within a short-term time frame afterward (~60 days) are highly repeatable and highly phenotypically correlated. However, methane tests conducted over longer-term time frames are substantially, but consistently, less repeatable and are lowly phenotypically correlated, which indicates that multiple measures may be required to accurately record methane traits over the life time of an animal.en
dc.languageenen
dc.publisherCSIRO Publishingen
dc.relation.ispartofAnimal Production Scienceen
dc.titleRepeatability of methane emission measurements in Australian beef cattleen
dc.typeJournal Articleen
dc.identifier.doi10.1071/an15573en
dc.subject.keywordsAnimal Breedingen
local.contributor.firstnameK Aen
local.contributor.firstnameT Len
local.contributor.firstnameP Fen
local.contributor.firstnameRobert Men
local.contributor.firstnameRogeren
local.subject.for2008070201 Animal Breedingen
local.subject.seo2008830301 Beef Cattleen
local.profile.schoolAdministrationen
local.profile.schoolSchool of Environmental and Rural Scienceen
local.profile.schoolSchool of Environmental and Rural Scienceen
local.profile.emailtbirdgar@myune.edu.auen
local.profile.emailrherd3@une.edu.auen
local.profile.emailrhegart3@une.edu.auen
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local.record.placeauen
local.record.institutionUniversity of New Englanden
local.identifier.epublicationsrecordune-20161114-161612en
local.publisher.placeAustraliaen
local.format.startpage213en
local.format.endpage217en
local.identifier.scopusid84958149523en
local.peerreviewedYesen
local.identifier.volume56en
local.identifier.issue3en
local.contributor.lastnameDonoghueen
local.contributor.lastnameBird-Gardineren
local.contributor.lastnameArthuren
local.contributor.lastnameHerden
local.contributor.lastnameHegartyen
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dc.identifier.staffune-id:rherd3en
dc.identifier.staffune-id:rhegart3en
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local.identifier.unepublicationidune:20275en
dc.identifier.academiclevelAcademicen
dc.identifier.academiclevelAcademicen
local.title.maintitleRepeatability of methane emission measurements in Australian beef cattleen
local.output.categorydescriptionC1 Refereed Article in a Scholarly Journalen
local.search.authorDonoghue, K Aen
local.search.authorBird-Gardiner, T Len
local.search.authorArthur, P Fen
local.search.authorHerd, Robert Men
local.search.authorHegarty, Rogeren
local.uneassociationUnknownen
local.year.published2016en
local.fileurl.closedpublishedhttps://rune.une.edu.au/web/retrieve/9bec70cd-6584-4c28-98da-d5c0a4c8d835en
local.subject.for2020300305 Animal reproduction and breedingen
local.subject.seo2020100401 Beef cattleen
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