Heterosis effects on age at first calving in a multibreed beef cattle herd in Panama.

Autor: González-Murray, Roderick A, Martínez, Pedro Guerra, Vigíl, Virginia, Gunes, Hilal Yazar-, Sánchez-Castro, Miguel A, Enns, R Mark, Speidel, Scott E, Thomas, Milton G
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Zdroj: Translational Animal Science; 2021 Supplement, Vol. 5, pS185-S188, 4p
Abstrakt: The article focuses on study of heterosis effect on calving stage in multibreed beef cattle herd in Panama and mentions production efficiency reflected in reproductive ability. Topics discussed include focus of beef cattle breeding programs on improving carcass and growth traits, difficulty of evaluation of fertility traits as beef cattle production is conducted and benefits of use of crossbreeding systems to obtain benefit of heterosis in growth.
Databáze: Complementary Index