Producer Breeding Objectives and Optimal Sire Selection

Information from an online survey of dairy producers was used to determine how important producers perceived three different objectives in the breeding problem. The objectives were: maximizing expected net merit of the progeny, minimizing the expected progeny inbreeding coefficient, and minimizing s...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published in:Journal of dairy science Vol. 85; no. 12; pp. 3518 - 3525
Main Authors: Tozer, P.R., Stokes, J.R.
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Savoy, IL Elsevier Inc 01.12.2002
Am Dairy Sci Assoc
American Dairy Science Association
Subjects:
Animal productions
Animals
Biological and medical sciences
Breeding
breeding value
Cattle
Cattle - genetics
Costs and Cost Analysis
dairy herds
Dairying
Dairying - economics
decision making
economics
farm management
farmers
farmers' attitudes
Female
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
genetics
Inbreeding
Individual mate selection
Insemination, Artificial
Insemination, Artificial - economics
Insemination, Artificial - veterinary
Jersey
Male
Models, Genetic
Models, Statistical
multiple-objective integer programming
producer objectives
production costs
risk reduction
selection criteria
Selection, Genetic
Semen
sires
Terrestrial animal productions
Vertebrates
veterinary
multiple-objective integer programming
EPIC
Individual mate selection
AHP
EPNM
producer objectives
MOP
NM
Genetic selection
Farming animal
Dairy cattle
Male
Sire
Progeny
Reproduction
Vertebrata
Mammalia
Surveillance
Artificial insemination
Breeding success
Models
Artiodactyla
Economic aspect
Ungulata
ISSN:0022-0302, 1525-3198
Online Access:Get full text
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Description
Summary:Information from an online survey of dairy producers was used to determine how important producers perceived three different objectives in the breeding problem. The objectives were: maximizing expected net merit of the progeny, minimizing the expected progeny inbreeding coefficient, and minimizing semen expenditure. Producers were asked to rank the three objectives and then to weight the importance of each objective relative to the others. This information was then used to determine weights to be used in a multiple-objective integer program designed to select individual mates for a herd of 76 Jersey cows with known genetic background and cow net merit. The results of the multiple-objective models show that rank and relative importance of producer objectives can affect the portfolio of sires selected. Producers whose primary objective was to maximize expected net merit had a range of average expected progeny net merit of $306 to $310, but the level of expected progeny inbreeding was from 6.99 to 10.45%, with a semen cost per conception of $35 to $41. For producers who selected minimizing progeny inbreeding as the primary goal in their breeding programs, the range of inbreeding was from 6.11 to 6.60%, with lower net merit range of $274 to $301 and semen expenditure of $30 to $37 per conception. One producer selected minimizing semen cost as the primary objective. For that producer's portfolio, the semen cost was $27 per conception and net merit was $288, with a progeny inbreeding coefficient of 10.68%. The results of this research suggest that producer information and goals have a substantial impact on the portfolio of sires selected by that producer to attain these goals.
Bibliography:ObjectType-Article-1
SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1
content type line 14
ObjectType-Feature-2
content type line 23
ISSN:0022-0302
1525-3198
DOI:10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(02)74441-X