Beef production potential of Norwegian Red and Holstein-Friesian bulls slaughtered at two ages

There is a paucity of data on the beef production potential of Norwegian Red (NOR) compared with ‘modern’ Holstein-Friesian (HF) cattle. The present study used a total of 64 bulls in a 2 × 2 factorial design study encompassing two breeds (HF and NOR) and two slaughter ages (485; E, and 610; L, days)...

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Main Authors: R.M. Kirkland, D.C. Patterson, T.W.J. Keady, B.W. Moss, R.W.J. Steen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2007-01-01
Series:Animal
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1751731107000791