Breeding for robustness in cattle:

The past decade has revealed unfavourable trends in e.g. fertility, udder health and locomotion in some major dairy cattle breeds due to a large increase in production and insufficient consideration of functional traits in the breeding goals. Such unfavourable trends in some functional traits increa...

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Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Wageningen Wageningen Academic Publishers 2009
Schriftenreihe:EAAP publication no. 126
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Zusammenfassung:The past decade has revealed unfavourable trends in e.g. fertility, udder health and locomotion in some major dairy cattle breeds due to a large increase in production and insufficient consideration of functional traits in the breeding goals. Such unfavourable trends in some functional traits increase costs. Additionally, the enlargement of herds leads to less available labour time per individual cow. This asks for cows that are easy to handle. At the same time, society is demanding a higher welfare standard of animals. These contradicting developments have increased the desire for so called more robust animals. Robustness can be defined as 'the ability to maintain homeostasis in commonly accepted and sustainable herds of the near future'; or 'the ability of the cow to function well in the environment she lives in as well as in a wide range of climates and production systems'. This book contains a series of articles (26) dealing with the concept of
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index
pt. 1. General concepts -- pt. 2. Longevity -- pt. 3. Secondary traits -- pt. 4. Energy balance -- pt. 5. Hot climate conditions -- pt. 6. Application and attitude
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (281 Seiten) Illustrationen
ISBN:9789086866571
9086866573
DOI:10.3920/978-90-8686-657-1

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