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The progeny assessment of dairy sires for milk: the use of contemporary comparisons

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 May 2016

Alan Robertson ,
A. Stewart  and
E. D. Ashton
Alan Robertson
Affiliation:
Institute of Animal Genetics, Edinburgh
A. Stewart
Affiliation:
Milk Marketing Board of England and Wales
E. D. Ashton
Affiliation:
Milk Marketing Board of England and Wales
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In the Proceedings of this Society two years ago, A. T. G. Macarthur (1954) presented a method for the evaluation of dairy sires under farm conditions. Since that time, considerable use has been made of this technique in the Bureau of Records of the Milk Marketing Board and in this paper we propose to discuss the method critically, in the light of the results obtained on over 1,500 bulls.

As the experience we have gained has considerable bearing on the validity of this method, it would perhaps be valuable at the beginning to view the general problem of testing dairy bulls under British conditions. What evidence have we that the use of contemporary comparisons is the best tool that we have available for the assessment of dairy bulls? We must bear in mind here that we have two distinct problems. The first is the assessment of bulls used in A.I. whose daughters have been bred and milked in many herds. The second is the assessment of bulls used in natural service.

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Proceedings of the British Society of Animal Production , Volume 1956 , 1956 , pp. 43 - 50
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Copyright © The British Society of Animal Production 1956

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