Article
Germplasm evaluation in beef cattle-cycle IV: birth and weaning traits.
Journal of animal science - 1 Oct 1998
Cundiff L V, Gregory K E, Koch R M
Abstract excerpt
Gestation length, unassisted calving percentage, perinatal mortality, calf crop weaned (survival from birth to weaning), birth weight, and 200-d weaning weight of 2,597 calves born and 2,433 calves weaned are reported for F1 crosses resulting from matings of Angus, Hereford, Charolais, Gelbvieh,...
Topics
- Animals
- Animals, Newborn
- Birth Weight
- Breeding
- Cattle
- Crosses, Genetic
- Female
- Fetal Death
- Genetic Variation
- Labor, Obstetric
- Male
- Mortality
- Pregnancy
