Journal article
Cow maternal efficiency: Giving the girls some credit
Australian Farm Business Management Journal, Vol.7(2), pp.1-3
2010
Abstract
The CRC for Beef Genetic Technologies (the 'Beef CRC') has established the Maternal Efficiency Project to provide new knowledge to help better inform beef producers on the impacts estimated breeding values for carcase fatness/carcase muscularity and for feed efficiency have maternal efficiency, especially under variable nutritional environments. The project is being conducted across southern Australia. It has an industry herd component and a research station component being run simultaneously. Early results from the research stations show that selection for traits affecting body composition holds across seasons and nutrition treatments, and genetically leaner cows seem to be less fertile, especially under low nutrition. Results are peer-reviewed and compiled for industry dissemination in the Maternal Journal available through Beef CRC.
Details
- Title
- Cow maternal efficiency: Giving the girls some credit
- Authors/Creators
- R. Herd (Author/Creator)J. Accioly (Author/Creator)P. Arthur (Author/Creator)K. Copping (Author/Creator)M. Deland (Author/Creator)K. Donoghue (Author/Creator)N. Edwards (Author/Creator)H. Graham (Author/Creator)M. Hebart (Author/Creator)F. Jones (Author/Creator)M. Laurence (Author/Creator)S. Lee (Author/Creator)P. Parnell (Author/Creator)W. Pitchford (Author/Creator)J. Spijers (Author/Creator)
- Publication Details
- Australian Farm Business Management Journal, Vol.7(2), pp.1-3
- Publisher
- Charles Sturt University
- Identifiers
- 991005542534907891
- Copyright
- © 2010 Charles Sturt University
- Murdoch Affiliation
- School of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article
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