Table 3.
Reliabilities of GEBV of Chinese Holstein (CH) bulls and cows in the test populations when using the CH or the joint reference population
|
Categories |
Traits |
Reliabilities of prediction |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Using CH reference | Using joint reference | Increase | ||
| CH bulls |
Milk yield |
0.22 |
0.51 |
0.29 |
| Fat yield |
0.15 |
0.47 |
0.32 |
|
| Protein yield |
0.11 |
0.36 |
0.25 |
|
| Average |
0.16 |
0.45 |
0.29 |
|
| CH cows | Milk yield |
0.15 |
0.26 |
0.11 |
| Fat yield |
0.12 |
0.17 |
0.05 |
|
| Protein yield |
0.15 |
0.20 |
0.05 |
|
| Average | 0.14 | 0.21 | 0.07 | |