An investigation on relationship between lactation milk yield, somatic cell count and udder traits in first lactation Turkish Saanen Goat using different statistical techniques.

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Author	Eyduran, Ecevit Yilmaz, İsa Kaygi̇si̇z, A. Aktaş, Zerrin
Copyright Year	2013
Abstract	This study aimed to determine the relationship between lactation milk yield, (LMY), somatic cell count (SCC), and udder traits using some statistical techniques, viz. multiple linear regression, stepwise regression, use of factor analysis in multiple regression, and regression tree . Forty six Turkish Saanen Goat were used in the present investigations . These goats were milked with milking machine twice a day. The traits recorded were: daily milk yield (DMY), udder upper height (UUH), udder width (UW), udder length (UL), udder diameter (UD), teat angle (TA), udder volume (UV), somatic cell count (SCC), lactation length (LL), and lactation milk yield (LMY) , Respectively. In the multiple linear regression analysis, significa nt effects of and LT (P 50 0 among all the goats (Node 2) had the highest LMY (297.357 lt) or Node 4 as a group of the goats with LL > 191 days among the goats with TA < 50 0 provided higher LMY average except for Node 2. If there is a verification at genetic level, the relationship between lactation milk yield (LMY), somatic cell count (SCC), and udder traits might contribute to further goat breeding to increase milk yield in the future.
Starting Page	956
Ending Page	963
Page Count	8
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Volume Number	23
Alternate Webpage(s)	http://www.thejaps.org.pk/docs/v-23-4/02.pdf
Language	English
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