Open AccessInvestigation of major fattening traits of male crosses F1 generation of German fleckvieh breed and domestic Simmental breed
Author(s) -
Denis Kučević,
M. Waehner,
M.M. Petrović,
V. Pantelić
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/bah0504043k
Subject(s) - breed , biology , withers , zoology , girth (graph theory) , population , veterinary medicine , body weight , demography , mathematics , medicine , combinatorics , sociology , endocrinology
Major fattening and growth traits of performance tested bulls from two groups are presented in this paper. Bulls obtained in pure breed Fleckvieh x Fleckvieh were investigated/evaluated in test stations in Germany, and male crosses with Domestic Simmental cows in domestic centers for AI (Krnjaca and Velika Plana). In observing two groups of young bulls statistically significant differences were registered (p 0,05 ns. Group of young bulls F x F tested in Germany achieved in average greater chest depth and chest girth and realized higher daily gains during test period. Group of crosses tested in our conditions in domestic test stations realized higher values for length of carcass and almost identical body mass at the end of test period. In other words, improvement of production traits and correction of exterior characteristics of domestic population of cattle through import of breeding animals and their semen is justified only when positively tested breeding material is imported which is adequate for our purpose and breeding objective.