Seleksi Calon Pejantan dan Induk Sapi Madura Berdasarkan Nilai Pemuliaan Berat Lahir dan Sapih

Research on sire and heifer selection based on breeding value of birth and weaning weight Madura in Animal Breeding and Health Technical Unit of Pamekasan. Data consisted of production and population records collected from 2016 to 2019. Total cattle that used to breeding value of birth and weaning weight were 61 heads of cattle (18 bulls and 43 heifers) which then were corrected for estimating heritability based on paternal half-sib correlation. The results showed that the heritability of birth and weaning weight of Madura cattle respectively 0.41±0.37 and 00.53±0.45. Breeding values rank Madura bulls on birth and weaning weight was obtained by bulls number 20/911 (BV: 1.90 kg) and 30/927 (BV: 16.06 kg) and the highest breeding value of birth weight were on Madura cattle heifer number 10/680 (BV: 2.28 kg) and weaning weight of heifer number 20/395 (BV: 16.48 kg).