2007 Jana L. Hutchison Animal Improvement Programs Laboratory Agricultural Research Service, USDA Beltsville, MD , USA 2009 India Emerging Markets Conference, May 2009 (1) Status of Dairy Cattle Breeding in the United States
India Emerging Markets Conference, May 2009 (2) Jana Hutchison 2009 Topics Overview of US dairy industry Role of associations Milk recording Breed organizations AI industry AIPL mission and objectives
India Emerging Markets Conference, May 2009 (3) Jana Hutchison 2009 U.S. dairy statistics (2008) 9.3 million cows 67,000 herds 135 cows/herd 20,396 lb (9250 kg)/cow ~93% Holsteins, ~6% Jerseys ~75% bred AI
India Emerging Markets Conference, May 2009 (4) Jana Hutchison 2009 U.S. dairy population and yield
India Emerging Markets Conference, May 2009 (5) Jana Hutchison 2009 National Dairy Genetic Evaluation Program AIPLCDCB NAAB PDCA DHI Universities AIPL Animal Improvement Programs Lab., USDA CDCBCouncil on Dairy Cattle Breeding DHIDairy Herd Information (milk recording organizations) NAABNational Association of Animal Breeders (AI) PDCAPurebred Dairy Cattle Association (breed registries)
India Emerging Markets Conference, May 2009 (6) Jana Hutchison 2009 Dairy Herd Information (DHI) Cow data National DHIA Producer controlled organization Promote accuracy, credibility, and uniformity of DHI records – Farm management decisions – Genetic evaluations Dairy Records Processing Center 4 DRPCs in the United States Receive field data Process into approved formats
India Emerging Markets Conference, May 2009 (7) Jana Hutchison 2009 DHI statistics (2007) 48% milk recorded through DHI 4.4 million cows 98% fat recorded 95% protein recorded 94% SCC recorded 22,000 herds 200 cows/herd 22,193 lb (10,067 kg)/cow 3.7% fat 3.1% (true) protein
India Emerging Markets Conference, May 2009 (8) Jana Hutchison 2009 Purebred Dairy Cattle Association (PDCA) Cow and bull data Maintain purebred herdbooks Pedigree data Classification/type Calculate breed specific indexes
India Emerging Markets Conference, May 2009 (9) Jana Hutchison 2009 National Association of Animal Breeders (NAAB) Bull data Composed of individuals and organizations in the AI industry Members account for 95% of the dairy cattle semen in the US
India Emerging Markets Conference, May 2009 (10) Jana Hutchison 2009 National Dairy Genetic Evaluation Program AIPLCDCB NAAB PDCA DHI Universities AIPL Animal Improvement Programs Lab., USDA CDCBCouncil on Dairy Cattle Breeding DHIDairy Herd Information (milk recording organizations) NAABNational Association of Animal Breeders (AI) PDCAPurebred Dairy Cattle Association (breed registries)
India Emerging Markets Conference, May 2009 (11) Jana Hutchison 2009 Council on Dairy Cattle Breeding Representatives from PDCA, NAAB, and DHI Participation by USDA and universities as resource organizations Promotion of genetic improvement through collaboration and cooperation Oversee certification and quality of data used in genetic evaluations
India Emerging Markets Conference, May 2009 (12) Jana Hutchison 2009 National Dairy Genetic Evaluation Program AIPLCDCB NAAB PDCA DHI Universities AIPL Animal Improvement Programs Lab., USDA CDCBCouncil on Dairy Cattle Breeding DHIDairy Herd Information (milk recording organizations) NAABNational Association of Animal Breeders (AI) PDCAPurebred Dairy Cattle Association (breed registries)
India Emerging Markets Conference, May 2009 (13) Jana Hutchison 2009 AIPL mission Conduct research to discover, test, and implement improved genetic evaluation techniques for economically important traits of dairy cattle and goats Genetically improve efficiency of dairy animals for yield traits (milk, fat, protein) and non-yield traits that affect health and profitability (longevity, conformation, fertility, calving, and disease resistance)
India Emerging Markets Conference, May 2009 (14) Jana Hutchison 2009 AIPL research objectives 1. Collect genotypes, specifically single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs), and new phenotypes to improve accuracy and comprehensiveness of the national dairy database
India Emerging Markets Conference, May 2009 (15) Jana Hutchison 2009 AIPL research objectives (cont.) 2. Characterize phenotypic measures of dairy practices, and provide the dairy industry with information needed to determine the impact of various herd management decisions on profitability
India Emerging Markets Conference, May 2009 (16) Jana Hutchison 2009 AIPL research objectives (cont.) 3. Improve accuracy of prediction of economically important traits currently evaluated, determine merit and potential for developing genetic predictions for new traits, and investigate methods to incorporate high-density genomic data
India Emerging Markets Conference, May 2009 (17) Jana Hutchison 2009 AIPL research objectives (cont.) 4. Investigate economic value of traits and correlations among them to most efficiently combine evaluations to select for healthy dairy animals capable of producing quality milk at a low cost in many environments
India Emerging Markets Conference, May 2009 (18) Jana Hutchison 2009 Questions?