Crossbreeding Dairy Cattle. III. First-Lactation Production

Crossbreeding Results in Canadian Dairy Cattle for Production, Reproduction and Conformation

Progeny of Holstein females mated to sires of different breeds were genetically evaluated along with their purebred Holstein contemporaries born in the same herds using multiple trait animal models. The resulting estimated breeding values (EBV) of cows were averaged within breed of sire and compared relative to progeny of purebred Holstein sires for various economic traits. All progeny were bor...

Genetic analysis of first lactation production traits in Kankrej cattle

AIM The aim was to estimate genetic factors affecting the first lactation milk production traits in Kankrej cattle of North Gujarat. MATERIALS AND METHODS The 475 first lactation records of Kankrej cows that were maintained at the Livestock Research Station, Sardarkrushinagar Dantiwada Agricultural University, Sardarkrushinagar, Gujarat, over a period of 35 years from 1980 to 2014 were studie...

Crossbreeding in dairy cattle: International trends and results from crossbreeding data in Germany

Crossbreeding has been the breeding method of choice for several species in plants and livestock. In plants, the main reason for crossbreeding is to exploit heterosis effects which can be maximized via the use of highly inbred parental strains. In livestock, notably in poultry and swine, positional effects of pure-bred parents of crosses are well known and hence crossbreeding systems are set up...

Crossbreeding Beef Cattle

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Crossbreeding Beef Cattle