Characterization of beef cattle breeds by virtue of their performances in the National Beef Cattle Performance and Progeny Testing Scheme
| dc.creator | Schoeman, S.J. | |
| dc.date | 1996 | |
| dc.date | 2015-06-05T12:17:44Z | |
| dc.date | 2015-06-05T12:17:44Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-06-27T19:21:43Z | |
| dc.description | Average growth and body weight data, which comprised 745 400 weaning records and 14 990 Phase C growth records of young bulls of 16 breeds were obtained from the National Beef Cattle Performance and Progeny Testing Scheme and used in this re-analysis to characterize breeds for a variety of important traits. Phenotypically, mature breed size (X) was found to be significantly related to birth weight (y= 2.85 + 0.066X), weaning weight (y= 25.8 + 0.369X) and growth rate (y= 320 + 2.28X). Nevertheless, some breeds deviate considerably from their predicted values. Productive efficiency was, however, unrelated to mature breed size and dual-purpose breeds tended to be the most efficient. They were also the breeds showing the highest degree of sexual dimorphism. | |
| dc.identifier | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/66800 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/178702 | |
| dc.language | en | |
| dc.rights | Open Access | |
| dc.source | Schoeman, S.J. 1996. Characterization of beef cattle breeds by virtue of their performances in the National Beef Cattle Performance and Progeny Testing Scheme. South African Journal of Animal Science 26(1): 15-19. | |
| dc.subject | cattle | |
| dc.subject | breeds | |
| dc.title | Characterization of beef cattle breeds by virtue of their performances in the National Beef Cattle Performance and Progeny Testing Scheme | |
| dc.type | Journal Article |