ArticleVeterinary and animal science2026
Effects of production, fertility, health, management and conformation scores on longevity in six Swiss dairy breeds.
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Abstract
Based on herdbook data from over 2.44 million Swiss dairy cows with approximately 7.33 million lactations (01 January 1999 - 31 August 2020), culling risk factors were analyzed using Weibull proportional hazard models. Time-dependent fixed effects included fat-protein production level compared to herdmates, number of inseminations, calving interval, calving ease, lactation cell count, herd size, herd size changes, calving season, and production zone. Time-independent fixed effects comprised age at first calving, farm changes between first and last lactation, and the origin of replacement heifers, while herd-year-season was included as random effect. All traits significantly affected culling risk. Together, the investigated traits improved model fit substantially, with Maddala's R² values ranging between 0.20 and 0.40 for productive lifespan (PL). However, most individual trait effects were small in magnitude despite statistical significance. The number of inseminations accounted for the largest proportion of PL variation across all breeds, followed, in most breeds, by the cow's fat-protein yield relative to her herdmates. The importance of other traits varied by breed. Linear composite traits explained only a small proportion of PL variation (1.2 to 3.7 %), with a good udder score improving longevity. Cows with a high final linear score had longer PL, though its explanatory power was low (0.7 to 2.5 %), and few cows were scored at the extremes
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