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ArticleJournal of animal breeding and genetics = Zeitschrift fur Tierzuchtung und Zuchtungsbiologie2025

Effects of the Prenatal Maternal Health Status on Calf Disease Prevalences and Respective Genetic Parameter Estimates in German Holstein Cattle.

Laura Aufmhof, Tong Yin, Katharina May, Sven König

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Article in Journal of animal breeding and genetics = Zeitschrift fur Tierzuchtung und Zuchtungsbiologie, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Laura AufmhofInstitute of Animal Breeding and Genetics, Justus-Liebig-University Gießen, Gießen, Germany.
Tong YinInstitute of Animal Breeding and Genetics, Justus-Liebig-University Gießen, Gießen, Germany.
Katharina MayInstitute of Animal Breeding and Genetics, Justus-Liebig-University Gießen, Gießen, Germany.
Sven KönigInstitute of Animal Breeding and Genetics, Justus-Liebig-University Gießen, Gießen, Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4226-3696

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The aim of the present study was to infer phenotypic responses and genetic parameters of the F1 calf diseases diarrhoea (DIAR) and pneumonia (PNEU) in dependency of the prenatal maternal health status (PMHS) of the dam and of the herd-calving year. The PMHS considered diagnoses for the cow disease mastitis (MAST) and claw disorders (CD) during gestation of F0 dams. Furthermore, 305-d milk production traits of F1 offspring from either healthy or diseased dam groups were compared. The study comprised 20,045 female calves (F1 = generation 1) and their corresponding dams (F0 = parental generation 0), kept in 41 large-scale herds. All F1 calves were from their dams' 2nd parity, implying that all dam (maternal) diseases were recorded during the first lactation and dry period of the dams. The F1 calves were phenotyped for DIAR up to 30 days post-partum, and for PNEU up to 180 days of age. At least one entry for the respective disease implied a score = 1 = sick, otherwise, a score = 0 = healthy, was assigned. Production records of the 10,129 F1 cows comprised 305-d records in first lactation for milk yield (MY), protein yield (PY) and fat yield (FY). Linear and generalised linear mixed models were applied to infer phenotypic responses of F1 traits in dependency of the PMHS for CD and MAST. A diagnosis for MAST or CD in F0 cows during gestation was significantly (p ≤ 0.05) associated with an increased prevalence for DIAR and PNEU, with pairwise differences of least-squares-means between calves from healthy and diseased cow groups up to 3.61%. The effects of PMHS on 305-d production traits in offspring were non-significant (p > 0.05). In bivariate genetic analyses, DIAR and PNEU were defined as different traits according to the PMHS, i.e., DIAR-MAST

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Cattle DiseasesAnimalsCattleFemaleGermanyLactationMilkPhenotypePregnancyPrevalencegenotype x prenatal maternal health status interactionshealth traitsintergenerational transmission

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PMCPMC11975198

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