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Estimation of genetic and phenotypic parameters for ultrasound and carcass merit traits in crossbred beef cattle
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Bruce, H. L., Plastow, G. S., Moore, S. S., Wang, Z., Nkrumah, D., Miar, Y., Durunna, O.
Ultrasound measurements of 852 crossbred steers along with carcass merit measurements on 756 of them were used to examine their genetic and phenotypic parameters. Traits including ultrasound backfat thickness (UBF), ultrasound ribeye area (UREA), ultrasound marbling (UMAR), carcass weight (CWT),...
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Genetic parameters for production and feeding behaviour traits in crossbred steers fed a finishing diet at different ages
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Wang, Z., Nkrumah, D. J., Basarab, J. A., Durunna, O. N., Okine, E. K., Moore, S. S., Mujibi, F. D. N.
Because cattle can be raised postweaning under several feeding regimes, this study examined the consistency of phenotypic and genetic parameters of some production and feeding behaviour traits between two feeding periods that beef cattle received a finisher diet. Crossbred steers (n=851) were...
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2011
Wang, Z., MacNeil, J. D., Stewart-Smith, J., Tang, G., Basarab, J. A., Moore, S. S., Plastow, G.
Crossbreeding is an effective method for improving the efficiency of production in commercial cow-calf operations. It exploits available heterosis (hybrid vigour) and complementarity between different breeds or populations (lines). Before adopting a crossbreeding system, commercial cattle...