Herd 19 To The Class Average, TA Negative Assortative For Milk
RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
The results of the experiment are seen below in the tables and graphs attached. From the results, it is seen that the projected transmitted ability (PTA) for milk production (Table 1) had a consistent increase each year until year 7, where it dropped by 68 lbs., and then continued to increase for the remained of the experiment. When comparing Herd 19 to the class average, the TA Negative Assortative for Milk, the TA Positive Assortative for Milk, and the TA Positive Assortative for fat percentage and was found to be most similar to the TA Negative Assortative for milk. This shows that, though there was positive assortative mating system being used for milk production as well as positive assortative mating system for …show more content…
These values are based off prices of the standardized economic value of a 305-d milk yield, with average fat and protein percentages (Wolfova et. al,. 2007) and was important to note that in addition to milk yield, the somatic cell score was the second most important trait when relating to price as it achieves 32% to 43% of the value for milk yields. The values calculated from the milk price calculator showed an increase in profitability of Herd 19 and in the class herd average; when comparing the fat percentage and protein percentage from Herd 19 to the class herd average, there was a 1-3% difference with Herd 19 having a higher percentage of both fat and protein. When comparing pounds of milk production, there was only a 10 pound difference, which can account for the similar prices for the milk profitability as it is known that, though milk price is determined in part by the percentage of each component, it is the volume of milk components sold each month that results in higher levels of IOFC (Bailey et. al.,
The results of the experiment are seen below in the tables and graphs attached. From the results, it is seen that the projected transmitted ability (PTA) for milk production (Table 1) had a consistent increase each year until year 7, where it dropped by 68 lbs., and then continued to increase for the remained of the experiment. When comparing Herd 19 to the class average, the TA Negative Assortative for Milk, the TA Positive Assortative for Milk, and the TA Positive Assortative for fat percentage and was found to be most similar to the TA Negative Assortative for milk. This shows that, though there was positive assortative mating system being used for milk production as well as positive assortative mating system for …show more content…
These values are based off prices of the standardized economic value of a 305-d milk yield, with average fat and protein percentages (Wolfova et. al,. 2007) and was important to note that in addition to milk yield, the somatic cell score was the second most important trait when relating to price as it achieves 32% to 43% of the value for milk yields. The values calculated from the milk price calculator showed an increase in profitability of Herd 19 and in the class herd average; when comparing the fat percentage and protein percentage from Herd 19 to the class herd average, there was a 1-3% difference with Herd 19 having a higher percentage of both fat and protein. When comparing pounds of milk production, there was only a 10 pound difference, which can account for the similar prices for the milk profitability as it is known that, though milk price is determined in part by the percentage of each component, it is the volume of milk components sold each month that results in higher levels of IOFC (Bailey et. al.,