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Production characteristics of the Jamaica Hope breed of dairy cattle

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 March 2009

K. E. Wellington ,
P. Mahadevan  and
K. L. Roache
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Summary

This study is the first comprehensive estimation of breed parameters for the Jamaica Hope breed of dairy cattle. It has shown that the breed has considerable potential for milk production undser good husbendry in a tropical environment. Improvements in reproductive performance may be achieved, without prejudice to production performance, by using milk yield per day of calving interval (which has a moderatoly high repestability) as a criterion for selection.

Type
Research Article
Information
The Journal of Agricultural Science , Volume 74 , Issue 3 , June 1970 , pp. 463 - 468
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1970

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