The Role Of Performance Testing In Beef Cattle Improvement In Louisiana

Author : United States Department Of Agriculture
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781390413670
Total Pages : 20 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (136 download)

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Download or read book Breeding Better Beef Cattle Through Performance Testing (Classic Reprint) written by United States Department Of Agriculture and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-09-11 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Breeding Better Beef Cattle Through Performance Testing Performance testing offers beef cattle breeders a way of discovering and measuring differences among animals in their inherited abilities to grow rapidly, mature early, use feed efficiently, develop the' kinds of carcasses that are preferred by packers and consumers, and reproduce regularly. Thus, close attention to performance can give cattlemen the means of improving their herds and their profits. Research has demonstrated a high degree of heritability of several of these traits in beef cattle. Also, research has shown that when cattle are kept under nearly equal conditions and their performance records are adjusted for known environmental differences, genetically superior animals can be identified. Herd improvement based on records of performance tends to be permanent. Each time performance records are exploited ln breeding for a new generation, an increment of productivity, quality, or both is added to the herd. Substantial herd improvement can be made in as few as 10 to 20 years. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.