Article
Economic values for production, fertility and mastitis traits for temperate dairy cattle breeds in tropical Sri Lanka.
Journal of animal breeding and genetics = Zeitschrift fur Tierzuchtung und Zuchtungsbiologie - 1 May 2022
Samaraweera Amali Malshani, van der Werf Julius H J, Boerner Vinzent, Hermesch Susanne
Abstract excerpt
Economic values for annual milk yield (MY, kg), annual fat yield (FY, kg), annual protein yield (PY, kg), age at first calving (AFC, days), number of services per conception (NSC), calving interval (CI, days) and mastitis episodes (MS) were derived for temperate dairy cattle breeds in tropical Sri Lanka using a bio-economic model. Economic values were calculated on a per cow per year basis. Derived economic...
Topics
- Animals
- Cattle
- Cattle Diseases
- Dairying
- Female
- Fertility
- Lactation
- Mastitis
- Milk
- Phenotype
- Sri Lanka
