Economic evaluation of embryo transfer on animal production
1997
Yamamoto, N. (Chugoku National Agricultural Experiment Station, Fukuyama, Hiroshima (Japan)) | Koike, T. | Entsu, S. | Otani, I.
The purpose of this study is to carry out an economic evaluation of embryo transfer (ET) on milk and beef production attempted to fatten Wagyu beef, and to clarify the mind of farm households to use ET on Wagyu calf production. Considering the recently price of fattening cattle, it is riskful of using ET on milk and beef production under the present pregnancy rate of frozen-thawed embryo, and it is necessary to make cheaper the cost for using ET. By farm households of Wagyu calf production, it is demanded that the level of ET improved as much as artificial insemination. And, to spread ET as popular technology for the farm households, it is most indispensable that the cooperation of farms between beef cattle production and milk production
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