Age at calving adjustment factors for milk, fat and protein yield were obtained and the genetic values of sires and cows of crossbred European x Zebu animals in the Southeastern region of Brazil were predicted. Statistical analyses of 3,327 lactations were carried out with an animal model using the MTDFREML programs, which included the fixed effects of herd-year, calving season, genetic composition, age class and the random effects of the animal, and of the permanent environment. The adjustment factors for milk yield were slightly smaller than those for fat yield but for the older animals these factors were similar. The adjustment factors for protein production tended to be higher than the correspondent ones for milk and fat production. The adjustment factors for young cows were slightly higher than that for the older ones for all the studied traits. The estimated correlation between non adjusted and adjusted data for age at calving indicated that the adjustment factors were appropriate.
Adjustment factors; age; crossbred dairy cows; fat; milk; protein
