Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/27223
Title: Comparison of Poisson, probit and linear models for genetic analysis of number of inseminations to conception and success at first insemination in Iranian Holstein cows
Contributor(s): Abdollahi-Arpanahi, R (author); Penagaricano, F (author); Aliloo, H  (author)orcid ; Ghiasi, H (author); Urioste, J I (author)
Publication Date: 2013-05
Early Online Version: 2013-03-07
DOI: 10.1016/j.livsci.2013.01.009
Handle Link: https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/27223
Abstract: The goals of this study were to estimate genetic parameters and to assess alternative models for genetic evaluation of number of inseminations to conception (INS) and success at first insemination (SF) in Iranian Holstein cows. Two models were considered for each trait: linear and probit models for SF, and linear and Poisson models for INS. Data consisted of 72,124 records of parities 1 to 6 from 27,113 cows having lactation between 1981 and 2007 and distributed over 15 large Holstein herds. Genetic parameters and goodness of fit statistics were estimated using the whole data set and predictive ability of models was assessed via a 4-fold cross-validation based on mean squared error of prediction (MSEP) and correlation between observed and fitted values. Estimates of heritability ranged from 0.039 to 0.062 for SF and 0.040 to 0.165 for INS. The performance of linear and probit models was very similar for SF. Predictions of random effects from these models were highly correlated, and both models exhibited similar predictive ability. For INS, the linear model performed better than the Poisson model according to goodness of fit statistics, but these two models showed the same predictive ability. Overall, nonlinear models did not outperform linear models for genetic evaluations of SF and INS in Iranian Holstein cows.
Publication Type: Journal Article
Source of Publication: Livestock Science, 153(1-3), p. 20-26
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Place of Publication: Netherlands
ISSN: 1871-1413
Fields of Research (FoR) 2008: 060412 Quantitative Genetics (incl. Disease and Trait Mapping Genetics)
070201 Animal Breeding
Fields of Research (FoR) 2020: 310506 Gene mapping
300305 Animal reproduction and breeding
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2008: 839999 Animal Production and Animal Primary Products not elsewhere classified
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2020: 109999 Other animal production and animal primary products not elsewhere classified
Peer Reviewed: Yes
HERDC Category Description: C1 Refereed Article in a Scholarly Journal
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School of Environmental and Rural Science

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