Abstract:Sires selected for milk in first lactation (Yield) and those selected for udder conformation, percentage of daughters culled in first lactation, and fat-corrected milk (Merit) were mated randomly to cows in the Beltsville herd. Subsequent offspring were mated to bulls from the same selection group as their sires. Reproductive traits were numbers of heats and services, age at first heat, gestation length, and age at first calving for heifers and numbers of heats and services, gestation length, days to first hea… Show more
“…Analyzing the NC-2 project at the Beltsville Agricultural Research Center, Rothschild et al (1981) concluded the reproductive performance of the high yield group was not inferior to the low yield group.…”
Section: Response In Selection Experimentsmentioning
“…Analyzing the NC-2 project at the Beltsville Agricultural Research Center, Rothschild et al (1981) concluded the reproductive performance of the high yield group was not inferior to the low yield group.…”
Section: Response In Selection Experimentsmentioning
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