COMPONENTS OF VARIANCE ASSOCIATED WITH MILK AND FAT RECORDS OF ARTIFICIALLY SIRED HOLSTEIN DAUGHTERS

Authors

L. Dale Van Vleck, University of Nebraska-LincolnFollow
L. H. Wadell, Cornell University
C. R. Henderson, Cornell University

Date of this Version

January 1961

Comments

Published in Journal of Animal Science 20:812-816. Copyright © 1961 American Society of Animal Science. Used by permission.

Abstract

Components of variance are estimated for the three-way classification analysis of variance of DHIA reported first and second milk and fat records of artificially sired Holstein cows and of Owner-Sampler reported milk and fat records of artificially sired Holstein cows. The total variance of milk and fat records is partitioned into the following components with the approximate percent of total variance: sire, 6%; year-season, 2%; herd, 30%; sire by year-season, 0%; sire by herd, 1–2%; herd by year-season, 6–8%; sire by herd by year-season, 1–7%; and residual, 50%.