Razyapova LF, Smolentsev DO.

Animal Husbandry and Fodder Production. 2025. Vol. 108. No. 3. Р. 136-148.

doi:10.33284/2658-3135-108-3-136

Original article

Immunogenetic polymorphism of blood groups and associations of alleles with milk

productivity of the Holstein Black-and-White cows

 

Leysan F Razyapova1, Danil O Smolentsev2

1,2Bashkir State Agrarian University, Ufa, Russia

1razyapoval.f@mail.ru, https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4525-2554

2smolentseffdanil132@gmail.com, https://orcid.org/0009-0005-8210-5870

 

Abstract. The use of blood groups as signal markers allows solving various problems in selection: monitoring the reliability of records of origin in breeding documents, preserving and monitoring the transmission of valuable genotypes in generations; identifying the relationship between blood groups and economically useful traits. Considering that each population even within a single breed is characterized by its own allele pool, research in this area is relevant for different regions and even farms. In this regard, a study of immunogenetic polymorphism of blood groups in a cattle population was conducted under the conditions of OOO PH Artemida, Republic of Bashkortostan. The work examined blood group alleles for 6 locus systems, as well as the dynamics of their occurrence. A total of 1,553 first-calf heifers of the Holstein Black and White breed were tested. In the sample, 43 antigens were found with different frequencies of occurrence: 2 in the EAA system, 26 in the EAB system, 8 EAC, 9 EAS system, and 2 antigens in the EAF system. The identified antigens of the blood group systems in the studied livestock form a 48 allele variant with a frequency of occurrence of 0,004-0,981 in different years. To determine the effect of a specific  allele  on  the  milk  productivity  indicators  of  the studied livestock, the values of milk yield for 305 days of the first lactation, the content of fat and protein in milk in cows with and without this allele (carriers and non-carriers of the allele) were determined in the context of years. It was found that in the studied population for all years, animals - carriers of the P'2 and O2 alleles differ favorably in milk yield for the first lactation.

Keywords: cattle, Holstein breed, blood groups, erythrocyte antigens, blood group alleles, frequency of occurrence, genetic similarity, allele carriers, milk productivity

For citation: Razyapova LF, Smolentsev DO. Immunogenetic polymorphism of blood groups and associations of alleles with milk productivity of the Holstein Black-and-White cows. Animal Husbandry and Fodder Production. 2025;108(3):136-148. (In Russ.)]. https://doi.org/10.33284/2658-3135-108-3-136

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Information about the authors:

Leysan F Razyapova, Cand. Sci. (Agriculture), Associate Professor of the Department of Beekeeping, Private Animal Science and Animal Breeding, Bashkir State Agrarian University, 34 50th Anniversary of October St., Ufa, 450001, tel.: 8 (347) 252-12-56.

Danil O Smolentsev, Student of the Faculty of Biotechnology and Veterinary Medicine, Bashkir State Agrarian University, 34 50th Anniversary of October St., Ufa, 450001, tel.: 8 (347) 252-12-56.

The article was submitted 05.06.2025; approved after reviewing 01.08.2025; accepted for publication 15.09.2025.

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