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Comparison of nonlinear functions to describe lactation curves for cumulative milk production in buffalo

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 April 2024

Hassan Darmani Kuhi ,
Secundino López ,
Navid Ghavi Hossein-Zadeh  and
James France
Hassan Darmani Kuhi
Affiliation:
Department of Animal Science, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, University of Guilan, Rasht, Iran
Secundino López*
Affiliation:
Departamento de Producción Animal, Universidad de León, 24007 León, Spain Instituto de Ganadería de Montaña (CSIC-Universidad de León), Finca Marzanas, 24346 Grulleros, León, Spain
Navid Ghavi Hossein-Zadeh
Affiliation:
Department of Animal Science, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, University of Guilan, Rasht, Iran
James France
Affiliation:
Centre for Nutrition Modelling, Department of Animal Biosciences, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, N1G 2W1, Canada
*
Corresponding author: Secundino López; Email: s.lopez@unileon.es
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Abstract

The aim of this study was to examine the suitability of different growth functions (linear, sinusoidal, Gompertz, Schumacher and Richards) to fit cumulative milk production data from buffalo cows. Cumulative milk production at each day in milk was calculated from two published datasets reporting (i) fortnightly test-day milk yield records of the first lactation of Murrah buffalo that had calved during 1977–2012 and (ii) the first lactation records of Jaffarabadi buffalo collected from history-cum-pedigree registers for each quinquennium between 1991 and 2010. Each function was fitted to the lactation curves using nonlinear regression procedures. The Richards and sinusoidal equations provided the smallest root mean square error values, Akaike's and Bayesian information criteria and, therefore, the best fit for the cumulative lactation curves for milk yield. The Richards equation appeared to provide the most accurate estimate of the cumulative milk production at peak milk yield. Sinusoidal and flexible classical growth functions are appropriate to describe cumulative milk production curves and estimate lactation traits in buffalo.

Keywords

Buffalocumulative milk yieldgrowth functionlactation curvemodeling
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Research Article
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Journal of Dairy Research , First View , pp. 1 - 7
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Copyright © The Author(s), 2024. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of Hannah Dairy Research Foundation

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