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Evaluation of the Progeny of Beef Sires Differing in Genetic Merit |
Keane, Michael G.; Diskin, Michael G.
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End of project report The Irish Cattle Breeding Federation (ICBF) publishes breeding values (BVs) for beef bulls. Historically, BVs were expressed in index form relative to the base population. Sometime ago this changed to expression in units of measurement of trait. This change occurred in the course of this project and was accompanied by some re-ranking of bulls. BVs are published for growth, carcass grades and calving traits. Growth BV is
expressed as carcass weight but there is no indication if this results from higher
live weight gain or from a higher kill-out proportion and there is no indication of any
consequences for feed intake or efficiency.
• The objectives of the project were (i) to compare progeny of bulls of high and low
growth genetic index, for growth, feed intake, slaughter traits and carcass traits, (ii)
to partition the extra live weight of progeny of high growth index bulls into carcass
and non-carcass parts, and (iii) to partition any extra carcass weight of progeny
from high growth index bulls into its component fat, muscle and bone fractions European Union
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Keyword(s):
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Genetic merit; breeding values (BVs); Beef bulls; growth genetic index, |
Publication Date:
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2016 |
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Type:
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Other |
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Peer-Reviewed:
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Unknown |
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Language(s):
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English |
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Contributor(s):
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European Union |
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Institution:
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Teagasc |
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Publisher(s):
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Teagasc |
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First Indexed:
2016-06-22 06:10:48 Last Updated:
2019-07-31 07:14:09 |
