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DairyTalk 705: Choosing Beef Semen Without Considering the Dam? Why Beef-on-Dairy Needs New Breeding Values - by Helmut Demmelhuber
This podcast episode is based on a scientific study investigating whether beef sires differ genetically in their impact on the survival of Holstein dams after crossbreeding. Danish herd data indicate meaningful variation among Belgian Blue sires, and the differences in cow survival cannot be explained by conventional birth traits such as calving ease alone. This adds another dimension to Beef-on-Dairy selection: the objective is not simply to produce a more valuable crossbred calf, but also to protect the productive future of the dairy cow. Incorporating maternal survival outcomes into…
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