Selection of Simmental cattle on beef and meatiness traits in Serbia | Mogucnosti za selekciju Simentalske rase goveda na osobine tovnosti i mesnatosti u Srbiji
2005
Bogdanovic, V., Poljoprivredni fakultet, Beograd - Zemun (Serbia) | Djedovic, R., Poljoprivredni fakultet, Beograd - Zemun (Serbia) | Petrovic, M.M., Institut za stocarstvo, Beograd - Zemun (Serbia)
Population of domestic Simmental breed represents a dominant population of cattle in Serbia. According to importance of this breed, selection so far has been made in order to improve milk production. In other hand, beef and meatiness traits almost were ignored. Selection of duel-purpose cattle required combining a various breeding goals and selection methods that are very differ from those applied in pure dairy or beef herds. Improving of beef and meatiness traits in our dominant cattle population will have great importance in future. The aim of this paper is to show possibility of selection for beef and meatiness traits in Serbian Simmental cattle.
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