Dairy cattle breeding objectives combining yield, survival and calving interval for pasture-based systems in Ireland under different milk quota scenarios

By R. Veerkamp, P. Dillon, E. Kelly, A. Cromie, A. Groen. 2002

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Increasing Grazing in Dairy Cow Milk Production Systems in Europe (2020, background): “[37,38] have shown that selecting animals for pasture-based systems based on genetics (the Economic Breeding Index (EBI) [39] is the selection index in Ireland) results in dairy cows that can achieve a more positive energy balance and consistently produce milk with high contents of fat and protein a”
Consequences of genetic selection for increased milk production in European seasonal pasture based systems of milk production (2006, background): “It is hypothesised that the relative importance of fertility is higher in Ireland because milk production is based to a large extent on seasonal pasture production systems and thus breeding and calving are restricted to a limited time period of the year (Veerkamp et al., 2002).”