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Advances in Cattle Genetics and Breeding

A special issue of Animals (ISSN 2076-2615). This special issue belongs to the section "Animal Genetics and Genomics".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 June 2025 | Viewed by 1443

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Prof. Dr. Ferenc Szabó

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Albert Kázmér Faculty of Mosonmagyaróvár, Széchenyi István University, Vár Sguare 2, H-9200 Mosonmagyaróvár, Hungary
Interests: beef and dairy cattle breeding
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Dr. Gabriella Holló

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Kaposvár Campus, Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Guba Sándor Str. 40, H-7400 Kaposvar, Hungary
Interests: beef quality; carcass value; feed intake; genome-wide association study; smart farming
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

The scope of this Special Issue is to publish the latest population genetic and molecular genetic research results related to regenerative milk and beef production. Notably, the genetic background of cattle product quality, reproduction, disease resistance, environment and technology tolerance, and robustness of cattle are the focus of interest. Similarly, manuscripts concerning new aspects of breeding value estimation, selection response, association, and genetic trends of various production, reproduction, longevity, and conformation traits are of interest for this Special Issue. Furthermore, recent crossbreeding results regarding the time-based efficiency and sustainability of cattle breeding will be considered for publication.

Prof. Dr. Ferenc Szabó
Dr. Gabriella Holló
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Keywords

  • cattle
  • population genetics
  • molecular genetics
  • breeding value
  • reproduction
  • production
  • longevity
  • conformation

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Distribution of Recessive Genetic Defect Carriers in Holstein Friesian Cattle: A Polish Perspective
by Marta Gozdek, Sebastian Mucha, Adam Prostek, Dariusz Kamola and Tomasz Sadkowski
Animals 2024, 14(22), 3170; https://doi.org/10.3390/ani14223170 - 6 Nov 2024
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Genetic disorders are caused by a hereditary change in the structure of DNA that may hurt the health and life of animals. Several recessive haplotypes and a few causative mutations are known in Holstein Friesian cattle: CDH (Holstein cholesterol deficiency), haplotypes with a [...] Read more.
Genetic disorders are caused by a hereditary change in the structure of DNA that may hurt the health and life of animals. Several recessive haplotypes and a few causative mutations are known in Holstein Friesian cattle: CDH (Holstein cholesterol deficiency), haplotypes with a homozygous deficiency in Holstein (HH1, HH3, HH4, HH5, HH6, HH7), BLAD (bovine leukocyte adhesion deficiency), DUMPS (deficiency of uridine monophosphate synthase), FXI (factor XI deficiency), HHM (mule foot, syndactyly), and BC (citrullinaemia). From a breeding point of view, these genetic diseases have highly negative effects and are a significant problem for breeders, exposing them to economic losses and hurting animal welfare. This study aimed to characterize the Polish population of Holstein Friesian dairy cattle, considering the carrier status of twelve selected genetic defects. This study was based on genotype data collected from 78,884 cows and 691 bulls of the Holstein Friesian variety. The studies were performed using Illumina Infinium microarrays. Among both bulls and cows, the highest numbers of carriers were detected for HH5 (appropriately 6.7% and 5.4%). The lowest numbers of carriers were detected for DUMPS, factor XI, and HHM. The study revealed one calf suffering from cholesterol deficiency. Full article
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Association of Production and Selected Dimensional Conformation Traits in Holstein Friesian Cows
by Zsolt Jenő Kőrösi, Gabriella Holló, Szabolcs Bene, László Bognár and Ferenc Szabó
Animals 2024, 14(18), 2753; https://doi.org/10.3390/ani14182753 - 23 Sep 2024
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The objective of this study was to estimate the heritability of dairy production traits and that for dimensional traits and to calculate the correlation between the two heritability values in a Holstein Friesian cow herd bred in Hungary. Data of 15,032 Holstein Friesian [...] Read more.
The objective of this study was to estimate the heritability of dairy production traits and that for dimensional traits and to calculate the correlation between the two heritability values in a Holstein Friesian cow herd bred in Hungary. Data of 15,032 Holstein Friesian cows born in the period 2008–2018 from 666 sires were collected for the study in 6 large dairy herds. Among the conformation traits, stature (ST), chest width (CW), body depth (BD), and rump width (RW), and for production traits, in the first lactation of cows, the 305-day milk yield (MY), milk butterfat yield (FY), and milk protein yield (MY) were evaluated. Heritability estimates of ST, CW, BD, and RW were 0.49, 0.25, 0.31, and 0.30, and those of MY, FY, and PY were 0.40, 0.35, and 0.30, respectively. BD and RW had no phenotypic (b = −0.01) or genetic (b = 0.00–0.01) change. The production traits (MY, FY, PY) increased to a greater extent (b = 2.2–43.3) than the examined conformation traits over time. Consequently, it is indicated that the selection for dairy production did not result in an increase in the studied dimensional traits. Full article
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