Data of 32,779 monthly milk production, of 3,605 lactations in 305 days (PL305), of 2,082 Gir breed cows, daughters of 281 sires, calving from 1987 to 1999, in 11 herds, were utilized to verify the factors that affect the milk production in the control day (PLDC) in evaluations of the Gir breed. Univariates analysis on PLDC1 to PLDC10 and Pl305 were performed utilizing the restricted maximum likelihood method within an animal model, which included the three first lactations as replicate measures of the same dams unit. Animals were grouped according to the criterion of herd, year, season, calving-age, calving-order and to the interval calving-first control (ipc) in PLDC1. The observed averages (kg) and the respective standard deviations for PLDC1 at PLDC10 and PL305 were: 11.97±4.64; 11.93±4.68; 10.98±4.40; 10.18±4.12; 9.66±3.88; 9.20±3.69; 8.63±3,51; 8.08±3.33; 7.59±3.27; 7.22±3.15 and 2,746.17±1,299.90. The maximum production happened on 23° day, according to the ipc. There was greater variation in relation to the year and season, according to the considered trait, without defined trend. The differences among the herds productions were above 50%. In the first four controls the productions were extremely affected by calving-age and the cows with age between 70 to 100 months presented higher productions; in the PL305 the production increased up to 88 months of age. The milk productions of the third calving-order were higher them the second and first calving, with difference above 11%.
Animal breeding; dairy cattle; milking control
