Open AccessSelection of Simmental cattle on beef and meatiness traits in Serbia
Author(s) -
Vladan Bogdanović,
Radica Djedović,
Milica Petrović
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
biotechnology in animal husbandry/biotechnology in animal husbandry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2217-7140
pISSN - 1450-9156
DOI - 10.2298/bah0504025b
Subject(s) - breed , selection (genetic algorithm) , beef cattle , herd , biology , population , genomic selection , dual purpose , dairy cattle , microbiology and biotechnology , zoology , demography , engineering , single nucleotide polymorphism , genetics , mechanical engineering , artificial intelligence , sociology , computer science , genotype , gene
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 dual-purpose cattle requires 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.