Article ; Online: Integration of Interbull's multiple across-country evaluation approach breeding values into the multiple-trait single-step random regression test-day genetic evaluation for yield traits of Australian Red breeds.
2022 Volume 106, Issue 2, Page(s) 1159–1167
Abstract: Interbull's multiple across-country evaluaftion provides national breeding organizations with breeding values for internationally used bulls, which integrate performance data obtained in different breeding populations, environments, and production ... ...
| Abstract | Interbull's multiple across-country evaluaftion provides national breeding organizations with breeding values for internationally used bulls, which integrate performance data obtained in different breeding populations, environments, and production systems. However, breeding value-based selection decisions on domestic individuals born to foreign sires can only benefit from Interbull breeding values if they are integrated such that their information can contribute to the breeding values of all related domestic animals. For that purpose, several methods have been proposed which either model Interbull breeding values as prior information in a Bayesian approach, as additional pseudo data points, or as correlated traits, where these methods also differ in their software and parameterization requirements. Further, the complexity of integration also depends on the traits and genetic evaluation models. Especially random regression models require attention because of the dimensionality discrepancy between the number of Interbull breeding values and the number of modeled genetic effects. This paper presents the results from integrating 16,063 Interbull breeding values into the domestic single-step random regression test-day model for milk, fat, and protein yield for Australian Red dairy cattle breeds. Interbull breeding values were modeled as pseudo data points with data point-specific residual variances derived within animal across traits, ignoring relationships between integrated animals. Results suggest that the integration was successful with regard to alignment of Interbull breeding values with their domestic equivalent as well as with regard to the individual and population-wide increase in reliabilities. Depending on the relationship structure between integration candidates, further work is required to account for those relationships in a computationally feasible manner. Other traits with separate parity effects nationally could use a similar approach, even if not modeled with a test-day model. |
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| MeSH term(s) | Animals ; Cattle/genetics ; Male ; Female ; Bayes Theorem ; Australia ; Phenotype ; Milk/chemistry ; Lactation/genetics ; Models, Genetic |
| Language | English |
| Publishing date | 2022-11-29 |
| Publishing country | United States |
| Document type | Journal Article |
| ZDB-ID | 242499-x |
| ISSN | 1525-3198 ; 0022-0302 |
| ISSN (online) | 1525-3198 |
| ISSN | 0022-0302 |
| DOI | 10.3168/jds.2022-21816 |
| Database | MEDical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System OnLINE |
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