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Journal of Animal Science, Vol 77, Issue 10 2621-2628, Copyright © 1999 by American Society of Animal Science

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Additive genetic relationships between heifer pregnancy and scrotal circumference in Hereford cattle

J. L. Evans, B. L. Golden, R. M. Bourdon and K. L. Long
Department of Animal Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins 80523, USA.

The objective of this study was to determine an appropriate method for using yearling scrotal circumference observations and heifer pregnancy observations to produce EPD for heifer pregnancy. We determined the additive genetic effects of and relationship between scrotal circumference and heifer pregnancy for a herd of Hereford cattle in Solano, New Mexico. The binary trait of heifer pregnancy was defined as the probability of a heifer conceiving and remaining pregnant to 120 d, given that she was exposed at breeding. Estimates of heritability for heifer pregnancy and scrotal circumference were .138+/-.08 and .714+/-.132, respectively. Estimates of fixed effects for age of dam and age were significant for heifer pregnancy and bull scrotal circumference. The estimate of the additive genetic correlation between yearling heifer pregnancy and yearling bull scrotal circumference was .002+/-.45. Additional analyses included models with additive genetic groups for scrotal circumference EPD for heifer pregnancy or heifer pregnancy EPD for scrotal circumference to account for a potential nonlinear relationship between scrotal circumference and heifer pregnancy. Results support the development of a heifer pregnancy EPD because of a higher estimated heritability than previously reported. The development of a heifer pregnancy EPD would be an additional method for improving genetic merit for heifer fertility.


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