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Dassonneville et al. Genetics Selection Evolution 2012, 44:40 Ge n e t i c s /content/44/1/40 Se l e c t i o n Evolution RESEARCH Open Access Inclusion of cow records in genomic evaluations and impact on bias due to preferential treatment 1,2 3 3 1* 1 Romain Dassonneville , Aurelia Baur , Sébastien Fritz , Didier Boichard and Vincent Ducrocq Abstract Background: Today, genomic evaluations are an essential feature of dairy cattle breeding. Initially, genomic evaluation targeted young bulls but recently, a rapidly increasing number of females (both heifers and cows) are being genotyped. A rising issue is whether and how own performance of genotyped cows should be included in genomic evaluations. The purpose of this study was to assess the impact of including yield deviations, i.e. own performance of cows, in genomic evaluations. Methods: Two different genomic evaluations were performed: one including only reliable daughter yield deviations of proven bulls based on their non-genotyped daughters, and one including both daughter yield deviations for males and own yield deviations for genotyped females. Milk yield, the trait most prone to preferential treatment, and somatic cell count, for which such a bias is very unlikely, were studied. Data consisted of two groups of animals from the three main dairy breeds in France: 11 884 elite females genotyped by breeding companies and 7032 cows genotyped for a research proj