Published in Scientific Papers. Series D. Animal Science, Vol. LXV, Issue 1
Written by Mariana NISTOR-ANTON, Maria CIOCAN-ALUPII, Claudia PÂNZARU, Vita BILKEVICH, Vasile MACIUC
In this study, the productive performances of the ascendants and descendants of the cows' herd belonging to the 4 basic breeds were analyzed, as follows: Holstein, Bălțată cu negru românească (Romanian Black Spotted), Bălțată românească (Romanian Spotted), and Brună de Maramureș (Maramures Bown), from 7 farms of Neamț county, which were encoded with numbers from 1 to 7. For the analysis of the ascendants' performances - mother (M), paternal grandmother (MT), and maternal grandmother (MM) - and of the offspring' performance, 3 indicators were determined regarding the milk production: the quantity per normal lactation (kg), the percent of fat, and the percent of protein. It was found that the best milk production in normal lactation of offspring was recorded in farm 2 (6161.25 kg), where a mixed herd of Holstein and Bălțată cu negru românească breeds is raised. If we compare the phenotypic performances of the ascendants (mother of mother - MM), which realized an average milk production of 7205.44 kg, with the father's mother (MT) of 11.931 kg, and the mother's mother (MM) of 7949.83 kg we confirm that the phenotypic performance for the milk production in the offspring does not reach the level of those obtained by ancestry. This fact is due to management deficiency regarding the external factors.
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