Impact on prime animal beef merit from breeding solely for lighter dairy cows

As the proportion of prime carcasses originating from dairy herds increases, the focus is shifting to the beef merit of the progeny from dairy herds. Several dairy cow total merit indexes include a negative weight on measures of cow size. However, there is a lack of knowledge on the impact of geneti...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Journal of dairy science 2024-05
Hauptverfasser:	Mulhall, S A, Sleator, R D, Evans, R D, Berry, D P, Twomey, A J
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	age at slaughter beef body condition body weight carcass weight dairy cows dairy science economic sustainability ethics genetic correlation genetic selection genomics heritability industry progeny
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