STUDIES ON PEAK YIELD AND ITS

ASSOCIATION WITH 300 DAYS MILK

YIELD IN SAHIWAL COWS.
BY
Mohan Singh : Professor & Head, AGB
D. Bhonsle : Assistant Professor, LPM
S. Jogi :Dean
Sharad Mishra : Professor, LPM
College of Veterinary Sci. & A.H., Anjora, Durg (C.G.)
Indira Gandhi Krishi Vishwa Vidyalaya, Raipur.

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 OBJECTIVES
 1. To study the mean and variability of
peak yield and other relevant traits in
Sahiwal cows.
 2. To study the correlation between the
peak yield,days to attain peak yield and
300 days milk yield in Sahiwal cows.
 3. To compare the accuracy of two
different methods of prediction of 300
days milk yield on the basis of peak yield.

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 Material and Methods
 Source of Data: Bull Mother Experimental
Farm (BMEF),Veterinary
College, Anjora, Durg
 Duration: 2001-2006

 Total No. of records: 93

 Parities included: 1-7

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 Year Wise Distribution of Records
 Year  No. of Obervations
 2001  11
 2002  14
 2003  13
 2004  20
 2005  26
 2006  9
 Total  93

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Parity Wise Distibution of Records
Parity No. of Observations
1 24
2 17
3 14
4 14
5 10
6 10
7 4
Total 93

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 Traits Recorded/Derived
1. Peak Yield (PY)
2. 300 days milk yield (MY300)
3. Days To Attain Peak Yield (DPY)
4. Pre peak yield (Pr_PY)
5. Post peak yield (Po_PY)
6. Ratio of MY300 to PY(MY300/PY), F
7. Ratio of Po_PY to Pr_PY (PO_PY/ Pr_PY)
8. Estimated MY300_F ( PY x F)
9. Estimated MY300_R ( PY x b +a)

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 Statistical Methods
 Mean, SD, SE, CV, Range, Correlations and
regressions were calculated invoking the inbuilt
functions in MS-Excel.
 For prediction of MY300, the PY was taken as
the independent and MY300 as the dependent
variable and the regression equation was fitted.
 MY300_R = 274.43 + 139.72PY
 MY300 was also estimated by multiplying the PY
with the factor, F.
 My300_F =177.62 PY

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Measures of Accuracy of Prediction
of MY300
 1. Mean Square Error( MSE)
 MSE= 1/N sum (MY300- Estimated MY300)2
 2.Correlation between MY300 and EMY300
 3. Percent deviation of Emy300 from
MY300
 4. mean of MY300 and EMY300
 5.Co-efficient of variation.

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 Mean, SD,SE,CV and range of different traits.

Trait Mean SE SD CV(%) Min Max

Peak Yield (kg) 7.78 0.19 1.87 24.07 4.5 12.5

MY300(kg) 1361.38 37.44 361.09 26.52 545.00 2630.0

Days to attain 47.64 1.87 18.27 38.36 20 90

PY(days)
MY300/PY(F) 177.62 4.11 39.63 22.31 90.83 328.73

Pr_PY (kg) 254.87 18.39 177.35 69.58 30.00 1481

Po_PY(kg) 1177.1 40.85 393.94 33.46 123.5 2550

EMY300_F 1381.87 34.51 332.68 24.07 799.29 220.25

EMY300_R 1361.37 27.14 261.67 19.22 903.18 2020.86 9

Correlations amongst the peak yield
and the related traits.
Traits PY MY300 MY300_F MY300_R DPY

PY - 0.72 1.00 1.00 -0.04

MY300 - 0.72 0.72 0.04
MY300_F - 1.00 -0.04
MY300_R - -0.04
DPY -

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Accuracy of prediction of MY300 on
the basis of peak yield
S.N Parameter EMY300_F EMY300_R

1 Error Mean Square 66,643.13 61,240.37

2 Percent deviation of 15.24 15.11

EMY300 from MY300
3 Correlation between 0.72 0.72
MY300 and EMY300
4 Mean of EMY300 1381.87 1361.37
against MY300 ( 1361.37) (1361.37)

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 Conclusion
 1. It is possible to predict MY300 on the
basis of peak yield with the deviation as
15 %.
 2. The regression method is more
accurate than the multiplicative factor
method.
 3.The multiplicative factor method could
also be used under field conditions with
very little compromise in accuracy.

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