Cross breeding with dairy breeds to improve performance, health fertility and longevity

In the past few decades, the focus in dairy cattle breeding has been mainly on the production of high volumes of milk. Pure-breeding is used in almost all breeds. Purebred and pedigree breeding has led to a deterioration in animal health parameters and reproduction traits. However, heterosis through crossbreeding has a positive effect on the fitness of the animals.

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  • Europe
Autoriai
  • DN - Ole Ulloriaq Lønberg-Jensen
Tikslas
  • Communication
  • Dissemination
  • Education/Training
Failo tipas
Video
Failo dydis
143.55 MB
Sukurta
30-06-2024
Kilmės kalba
Danish
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R4D
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CC BY-NC-ND

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