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Genetic relations between milk and beef characters in dual-purpose cattle breeds

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 September 2010

I. L. Mason
I. L. Mason
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A.R.C. Unit of Animal Genetics, Institute of Animal Genetics, Edinburgh 9
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It has been estimated (Mason, 1963) that about 70% of beef stores bred in Britain are out of dairy cows. Some 30–40% of them are by beef bulls, so that about 40–50% of animals slaughtered for beef are of pure dairy breeding.

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Animal Production , Volume 6 , Issue 1 , February 1964 , pp. 31 - 45
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Copyright © British Society of Animal Science 1964

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