Open AccessSelection criteria in organic cattle breeding
Author(s) -
Mila Savić,
Vojin Dimitrijević,
Ružica Trailović,
Mensur Vegara,
Bojan Dimitrijević,
Zolt Beckei,
Branislav Petrujkic,
Aleksandar Cojkić
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
veterinarski glasnik
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2406-0771
pISSN - 0350-2457
DOI - 10.2298/vetgl1406363s
Subject(s) - adaptability , breed , selection (genetic algorithm) , microbiology and biotechnology , production (economics) , biology , organic farming , agricultural science , ecology , agriculture , computer science , artificial intelligence , economics , macroeconomics
The central issue in process of organizing organic cattle breeding is the knowledge about specificities of this kind of production, good knowledge of breed characteristics (body composition, immune tolerance, expressed predisposition towards some diseases, production properties). Research centres, in collaboration with producers, have defined the essential features on which the selection programmes in organic cattle breeding are based on. Of the greatest importance for veterinary service is the fact that selection programmes in organic cattle breeding are in the first place based on giving priority to healthy animals, with strong immune system, good reproductive characteristics, which can be in production system for a long period. Additional important selective criteria is specific body resistance and adaptability of autochtonous breeds to environmental conditions. [Projekat Ministarstva nauke Republike Srbije, br. TP 31085