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Relationship between profitability and type traits and derivation of economic values for reproduction and survival traits in Chianina beef cows.
Journal of animal science - 1 Sept 2005
Forabosco F, Bozzi R, Boettcher P, Filippini F, Bijma P, Van Arendonk J A M
Abstract excerpt
The objectives of this study were 1) to propose a profit function for Italian Chianina beef cattle; 2) to derive economic values for some biological variables in beef cows, specifically, production expressed as the number of calves born alive per year (NACY), age at the insemination that resulted in the birth of the first calf (FI), and length of productive life (LPL); and 3) to investigate the relationship...
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