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Productivity and carcass characteristics of steer progeny from friesian, canadian hereford and simmental bulls and friesian cows

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 November 2017

M.G. Keane
M.G. Keane*
Affiliation:
Teagasc, Grange Research Centre, Dunsany, Co. Meath, Ireland
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Extract

The Simmental is replacing the Hereford for crossng on dairy herds. To improve the productivity of the Hereford, bulls of the Canadian strain have been imported. The objectives of the present work were (1) to compare the growth and carcass composition of Friesian, Canadian Hereford x Friesian and Simmental x Friesian steers, and (2) to determine the effects of two levels of supplementary concentrates during finishing, and duration of the finishing period on carcass weight and composition.

Type
Carcass and Meat Quality
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Proceedings of the British Society of Animal Production (1972) , Volume 1992 , March 1992 , pp. 189
Copyright
Copyright © The British Society of Animal Production 1992

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