Production and calving traits of Montbéliarde × Holstein and Viking Red × Holstein cows compared with pure Holstein cows during first lactation in 8 commercial dairy herds.

doi:10.3168/jds.2016-11860

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Production and calving traits of Montbéliarde × Holstein and Viking Red × Holstein cows compared with pure Holstein cows during first lactation in 8 commercial dairy herds.

Journal of dairy science - 1 May 2017

Hazel A R, Heins B J, Hansen L B

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Montbéliarde (MO) × Holstein (HO) and Viking Red (VR) × HO crossbred cows were compared with pure HO cows in 8 large, high-performance dairy herds. All cows were either 2-breed crossbred or pure HO cows that calved for the first time from December 2010 to April 2014. Best Prediction was used to calculate 305-d milk, fat, and protein production, as well as somatic cell score, and 513 MO × HO, 540 VR × HO, and 978...

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Animals
Breeding
Cattle
Female
Lactation
Milk
Phenotype
Stillbirth

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PMID: 28237590
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2016-11860

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