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Volume 23, No. (4), 2013 (August)
AN INVESTIGATION ON RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN LACTATION MILK YIELD, SOMATIC CELL COUNT AND UDDER TRAITS IN FIRST LACTATION TURKISH SAANEN GOAT USING DIFFERENT STATISTICAL TECHNIQUES
E. Eyduran, I. Yilmaz, A. Kaygisiz, Z. M. Aktas

E. Eyduran, I. Yilmaz, A. Kaygisiz, Z. M. Aktas
1 Igdir University, Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Animal Science,76000, Iğdır, Turkey.
2 Kahramanmaras Sütcü Imam University, Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Animal Science ; Graduate School of

Corresponding Author: ecevit.eyduran@gmail.com
DOI: NA
Page Number(s): 956-963
Published Online First: August 01, 2013
Publication Date: August 01, 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, significant effects of and LT (P 500 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 < 500 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.

Keywords: Factor Analysis Scores, Milk yield, Udder trait, Stepwise Regression, Regression Tree, Saanen Goat
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