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## Determination the Body Condition and the Relationship with Milk Yield of Turkish Holstein Cows

#### Aşkın Galiç [1]

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It is quite important to keep the condition of cows under surveillance due to conduct of nutritional programs in dairy herds as well as genetic relations with other traits. This study was conducted to estimate the heritability of body condition score (BCS) and genetic correlation with milk yield of Holstein cows. Also, the effects of herd, lactation period and calving age on BCS were investigated. For this aim, body conditions of 1001 cows were scored using the scale of 1-9. The average BCS was determined as 5.52±0.04 and were ranged from 4.54 to 6.58 at different periods of lactation. Results showed that body conditions were affected by the lactation period significantly, while the effects of herd and calving age on BCS were not significant. Estimate of heritability of BCS was 0.20, while the genetic correlation of BCS with milk yield was moderately negative (−0.41) indicating that high-producing cows tend to be leaner. The relationships with other traits currently used to improve type and fertility of animals need to be investigated before including BCS in the selection index of the Turkish Holstein breed.
Body condition score, Energy balance; Genetic parameter; Milk yield
Konular Makaleler Yazar: Aşkın Galiç
 Bibtex @ { ankutbd385869, journal = {Journal of Agricultural Sciences}, issn = {}, eissn = {2148-9297}, address = {Ankara Üniversitesi}, year = {2017}, volume = {23}, pages = {0 - 0}, doi = {}, title = {Determination the Body Condition and the Relationship with Milk Yield of Turkish Holstein Cows}, key = {cite}, author = {Galiç, Aşkın} } APA Galiç, A . (2017). Determination the Body Condition and the Relationship with Milk Yield of Turkish Holstein Cows. Journal of Agricultural Sciences, 23 (4), 0-0. Retrieved from http://dergipark.gov.tr/ankutbd/issue/34822/385869 MLA Galiç, A . "Determination the Body Condition and the Relationship with Milk Yield of Turkish Holstein Cows". Journal of Agricultural Sciences 23 (2017): 0-0 Chicago Galiç, A . "Determination the Body Condition and the Relationship with Milk Yield of Turkish Holstein Cows". Journal of Agricultural Sciences 23 (2017): 0-0 RIS TY - JOUR T1 - Determination the Body Condition and the Relationship with Milk Yield of Turkish Holstein Cows AU - Aşkın Galiç Y1 - 2017 PY - 2017 N1 - DO - T2 - Journal of Agricultural Sciences JF - Journal JO - JOR SP - 0 EP - 0 VL - 23 IS - 4 SN - -2148-9297 M3 - UR - Y2 - 2018 ER - EndNote %0 Journal of Agricultural Sciences Determination the Body Condition and the Relationship with Milk Yield of Turkish Holstein Cows %A Aşkın Galiç %T Determination the Body Condition and the Relationship with Milk Yield of Turkish Holstein Cows %D 2017 %J Journal of Agricultural Sciences %P -2148-9297 %V 23 %N 4 %R %U ISNAD Galiç, Aşkın . "Determination the Body Condition and the Relationship with Milk Yield of Turkish Holstein Cows". Journal of Agricultural Sciences 23 / 4 (Eylül 2017): 0-0.