Article
Comparison of crossbred cows containing various proportions of Brahman in spring or fall calving systems: III. Productivity as three-, four-, and five-year olds.
Journal of animal science - 1 Jul 1991
McCarter M N, Buchanan D S, Frahm R R
Abstract excerpt
Productivity of 3-, 4-, and 5-yr-old crossbred cows containing various proportions (0, 1/4, or 1/2) of Brahman breeding out of Angus or Hereford dams was evaluated using 489 spring-calving and 427 fall-calving records collected over a 4-yr period. Cows were bred to Limousin sires for the first 3 yr and to Limousin and Salers sires the 4th yr. Interactions between crossbred cow group and season of calving were not...
Topics
- Animals
- Birth Weight
- Body Weight
- Breeding
- Cattle
- Crosses, Genetic
- Female
- Genotype
- Hybrid Vigor
- Labor, Obstetric
- Least-Squares Analysis