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measures of fertility in German dairy herds. Raw milk production<br />

<strong>and</strong> composition, reproductive events <strong>and</strong> lactation number (LN)<br />

data from nearly 40,000 individual cow lactations were collected<br />

from the Verden <strong>and</strong> Bavaria Calculation Centers of German<br />

Breeding Test Organizations. A total of 28,620 completed lactations<br />

with all required data were used for analysis. Individual cow<br />

reproductive performance was characterized by time to first service<br />

(TFS), days open (DO), calving interval (CI), services per<br />

conception (SPC) <strong>and</strong> conception risk (CR). Parameters for<br />

lactational performance included milk per day (MPD), lactation<br />

yield (MY), milk fat (MF), milk protein (MP) <strong>and</strong> calculated milk<br />

fat-to-protein ratio (FPR). Milk parameters were summarized by<br />

days in milk groups of ≤40 (MPD40, MF40, FPR40), 41-to-80<br />

(MPD80, MF80, FPR80) <strong>and</strong> >105 (MPD105, MF105, FPR105).<br />

Production parameters were stratified by quartiles for analysis.<br />

Interrelationships between production <strong>and</strong> reproductive parameters<br />

were analyzed using ANOVA <strong>and</strong> logistic regression models. Higher<br />

milk yield, irrespective of lactation stage, resulted in longer (P

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