1. 2003 Melvin Tooker, Paul VanRaden, Ashley Sanders, and George Wiggans Animal Improvement Programs Laboratory Agricultural Research Service, USDA, Beltsville, MD mtooker@aipl.arsusda.gov Update on Evaluations for Daughter Pregnancy Rate

2. NAAB-DSEC 2003 (2) Melvin Tooker 2003 Average Breed Effects Across Regions and Time by Calving Month

3. NAAB-DSEC 2003 (3) Melvin Tooker 2003 Conversion to Bull Base (1995) BreedAdjustment Ayrshire - 0.1 Brown Swiss + 0.6 Guernsey - 0.3 Holstein + 0.4 Jersey + 0.2 Milk Shorthorn + 0.5

4. NAAB-DSEC 2003 (4) Melvin Tooker 2003 Parity Pre-Adjustments Initiated May 2003 ParityHolsteinJersey 1 st 0 0 2 nd - 4.1 - 3.7 3 rd - 7.1 - 5.6 4 th - 11.7 - 9.4 5 th - 16.7 - 13.4

5. NAAB-DSEC 2003 (5) Melvin Tooker 2003 Pregnancy Rate Evaluation  Lactations 1-5 beginning with 1960  Data sources Reported DO confirmed with next calving Reported DO if no next calving Calving interval – 280 days if no reported DO Assigned DO = 250 if sold for infertility  Pregnancy verification codes used to allow earlier use of information

6. NAAB-DSEC 2003 (6) Melvin Tooker 2003 AYBSGUHOJEMS Breeding date verified by next calving date 555448576453 Breeding date disagrees with next calving date 6 8 8 5 5 8 Breeding date but no next calving date 161520191716 Next calving date, but no breeding reported 7 9 8 6 611 Cows sold for reproductive problems 6 5 5 5 3 4 No information for fertility 10 911 8 5 8 Sources of Fertility Data 1998-1999

7. NAAB-DSEC 2003 (7) Melvin Tooker 2003 Future Directions  Pregnancy rate will be included in Net Merit.  Fertility records will be used earlier in lactation.  DPR can be used in multi-trait PL.  Fertility database will be improved.

8. NAAB-DSEC 2003 (8) Melvin Tooker 2003 Format 5 - Reproductive Records  Fixed segment identical to format 4  Animal ID, sire ID, dam ID, X-ref ID  Animal herd code information  20 reproductive segments: Date of event, code for actual or estimated date Includes many events, service sire ID

9. NAAB-DSEC 2003 (9) Melvin Tooker 2003 Format 5 - Reproductive Event Codes H = Observed in estrus (heat) but not inseminated S = Synchronized estrus event (injection or other methods) A = Artificial insemination N = Natural service breeding E = Embryo donation

10. NAAB-DSEC 2003 (10) Melvin Tooker 2003 Format 5 - Reproductive Event Codes Continued I = Embryo implantation P = Confirmed pregnant O = Confirmed not pregnant (open) X = Cow given a “do not breed” designation D = Delete event(s) for this “date of event”

11. NAAB-DSEC 2003 (11) Melvin Tooker 2003 Format 5 in the Future:  Separate estrus expression and conception rate (female fertility)  Service sire fertility (male fertility)  Keep track of ALL service sires, number and type of services, not just the most recent