Abstract
Milk fat contains many nutrients necessary for humans, including fat-soluble vitamins, energy, and bioactive lipids. It is important to understand the genetic basis for milk-fat composition in cows’ milk. Knowledge of these genetic parameters can be used to predict how different traits will respond to genetic selection. The predicted response in traits, including trade-offs between different traits, plays an important role in designing breeding schemes in dairy cattle. This chapter reviews the genetic variation in milk-fat composition between cows and looks into the genetic correlations with other traits.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Improving the safety and quality of milk: Volume I, Milk Production and Processing |
| Editors | M.W. Griffiths |
| Place of Publication | Oxford |
| Pages | 197-222 |
| Number of pages | 700 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2010 |
Publication series
| Name | 188 |
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| Publisher | Woodhead Publishing Limited |
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van Arendonk, J. A. M., van Valenberg, H. J. F., & Bovenhuis, H. (2010). Exploiting genetic variation in milk-fat composition of milk from dairy cows. In M. W. Griffiths (Ed.), Improving the safety and quality of milk: Volume I, Milk Production and Processing (pp. 197-222). (188). Oxford. https://doi.org/10.1533/9781845699420.3.197