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Comparison of lactational responses of dairy cows in Georgia and Israel to heat load and photoperiod

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 August 2016

Y. Aharoni ,
O. Ravagnolo  and
I. Misztal
Y. Aharoni*
Affiliation:
Department of Beef Cattle, Agricultural Research Organization, Newe Yaar Research Center, PO Box 1021, Ramat Yishay 30095, Israel
O. Ravagnolo
Affiliation:
Animal and Dairy Science Department, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30605, USA
I. Misztal
Affiliation:
Animal and Dairy Science Department, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30605, USA
*
†E-mail:yoavah@netvision.net.il
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Abstract

The seasonal effects of heat load and photoperiod on yield and composition of milk from primiparous cows in the course of lactation were studied using test day records from 8968 primiparous cows on 76 farms in Georgia, collected from 1990 through 1997. The effect of prepartum photoperiod on milk production in the subsequent lactation of these cows was also evaluated. These estimated seasonal effects were compared with those estimated for 4728 primiparous cows on 13 farms, and for 1538 multiparous cows on three farms during consecutive lactations in Israel from 1994 through 1996. During lactation, the day length had a positive effect on milk yield and negative effects on fat and protein concentrations in the milk, but the daily change in day length had positive effects on milk yield and fat concentration, and a smaller positive effect on protein concentration. The day length during the prepartum period had negative effects on milk yield and fat and protein concentrations. The heat load during lactation had negative effects on milk yield and fat and protein concentrations. Most of the effects were highly (P < 0·001) significant. There was a very good match between the results obtained for primiparous cows in Georgia and Israel, for the combined effects of heat load and photoperiod during lactation on milk yield and protein and fat concentrations. The match between primiparous and multiparous cows in Israel was better for milk yield and protein concentration than for fat concentration. The estimated effects of pre-partum photoperiod were higher for multiparous cows in Israel than for primiparous cows in either country.

Keywords

dairy cowsheat adaptationmilk compositionmilk yieldphotoperiod.
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Research Article
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Animal Science , Volume 75 , Issue 3 , December 2002 , pp. 469 - 476
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Copyright © British Society of Animal Science 2002

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