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Short- and long-term consequences of collaboration between Northern European Red dairy and dual-purpose cattle.
Journal of animal breeding and genetics = Zeitschrift fur Tierzuchtung und Zuchtungsbiologie - 1 Jul 2022
Schmidtmann Christin, Slagboom Margot, Sørensen Anders Christian, Hinrichs Dirk, Thaller Georg, Kargo Morten
Abstract excerpt
In Northern European countries, a great variety of Red cattle populations exists which can be broadly categorized in two groups: specialized dairy and dual-purpose breeds. Collaboration between these breeds (i.e. the exchange of sires across breeds) can be beneficial but is limited so far. The aim of this study was to demonstrate and evaluate consequences of collaboration between Red breeds using stochastic...
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