Comparative Performance of Two Primiparous Continental Genotypes in a Hill Suckler Herd (1) Reproductive Performance

1994 ◽  
Vol 1994 ◽  
pp. 21-21 ◽  
Author(s):  
R Keatinge ◽  
K A Christensen ◽  
P A Rowlinson
Keyword(s):  
Reproductive Performance ◽  
Eating Quality ◽  
Carcass Quality ◽  
Comparative Performance ◽  
Genotype By Environment ◽  
Holstein Friesian ◽  
The Uk

The drive for improved carcass quality has encouraged greater use of continental cross suckler dams (MLC,1993), producing three-quarterbred continental progeny. Little information is available on the performance of these types of suckler cow under hill conditions in the UK, but significant genotype by environment interractions have been measured elsewhere (Morris et al, 1993). As a finished animal, the Piemontese cross has shown significant advantages in killing-out proportion and yield of saleable meat (Davies et al, 1992), and some improvements in eating quality (Fisher et al, 1992).The objective of this experiment was to assess the output and reproductive performance of Piemontese cross Holstein/Friesian (PxH/F) and Simmental cross Holstein/Friesian (SxH/F) heifers in an autumn calving suckler herd.

A comparison of the reproductive performance of Holstein-Friesian and Norwegian Red dairy cattle on commercial dairy farms over five lactations

2009 ◽  
Vol 2009 ◽  
pp. 61-61
Author(s):  
C P Ferris ◽  
D C Patterson ◽  
D J Kilpatrick
Keyword(s):  
Reproductive Performance ◽  
Dairy Cow ◽  
Farming Systems ◽  
Dairy Farms ◽  
Holstein Friesian ◽  
Current Fertility ◽  
Breed Selection ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Fertility Traits

Fertility traits have been included within breed selection programmes for the Norwegian Red (NR) dairy cow population in Norway for over thirty years. As a consequence, a 60 day non-return rate to first artificial insemination (AI) of 72.5% was recently calculated for NR cows in Norway (Garmo et al., 2008). In view of this long term breeding programme, and current fertility performance within Norway, there is considerable interest in the NR breed as a means of overcoming the high levels of infertility that currently exist within the Holstein-Friesian (HF) breed. However, farming systems within Norway are very different from those within the UK, with herd sizes in particular being much smaller. Thus an experiment was established on 19 commercial dairy farms to compare the fertility performance of cows of the NR and HF breeds.

Comparative performance of two primiparous continental genotypes in a hill suckler herd - calf performance

1995 ◽  
Vol 1995 ◽  
pp. 60-60
Author(s):  
D G Chapple ◽  
M H Davies ◽  
H F Grundy ◽  
R Keatinge
Keyword(s):  
Reproductive Performance ◽  
High Quality ◽  
Comparative Performance ◽  
Holstein Friesian ◽  
Calf Performance

Suckler cows from the hills and uplands are generally of traditional type. The introduction of new continental genotypes into a hill environment could have the potential to increase output and produce carcasses of high quality. The objective of this experiment was to assess the output and reproductive performance of Simmental cross Holstein/Friesian (S) and Piemontese cross Holstein/Friesian (P) suckler cows producing three-quarter bred continental progeny from an autumn calving suckler herd. Reproductive performance and calving difficulties of the first calf crop were presented previously (Keatinge et al 1994). This paper presents the growth and finishing performance of calves from S and P dams.

Genotype by nutrition interactions from Langhill dairy cows in three lactations

1999 ◽  
Vol 1999 ◽  
pp. 200-200
Author(s):  
J.E. Pryce ◽  
G. Simm ◽  
R.F. Veerkamp ◽  
J.D. Oldham
Keyword(s):  
Reproductive Performance ◽  
Research Centre ◽  
Feeding System ◽  
Initial Report ◽  
Holstein Friesian ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Long Term Performance ◽  
Term Performance ◽  
Friesian Cows

The economic pressures on the dairy industry may force more farmers to consider reducing the amount of concentrates fed to cows in order to keep costs down. We have been testing whether the long-term performance of daughters of sires progeny tested in high concentrate systems maintain their advantage over cows of average genetic merit when managed in a lower input feeding system. This paper extends the scope of our initial report (Chalmers et al., 1997) and includes data on reproductive performance.Data were from Holstein-Friesian cows managed at the Langhill Dairy Cattle Research Centre. Sires of the Selection (S) line are among the highest available in the UK for predicted transmitting abilities of weight of fat plus protein (PTA F+P). Sires of Control (C) line cows are about UK average for PTA F+P.

Response of suffolk and texel rams to implantation with melatonin

1991 ◽  
Vol 1991 ◽  
pp. 15-15
Author(s):  
S.M. Bateman ◽  
W. Haresign
Keyword(s):  
Reproductive Performance ◽  
Research Effort ◽  
Carcass Quality ◽  
High Fertility ◽  
Testis Size ◽  
Seasonal Fluctuations ◽  
Sheep Meat ◽  
Testicular Recrudescence ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Terminal Sire

There is currently much interest in overcoming the seasonality of sheep meat supplies in the UK and improving carcass quality. Towards that end, much research effort has been devoted to the development of techniques to induce early or out-of-season breeding in the ewe, but little attention has been paid to the male. Rams of most breeds show marked seasonal fluctuations In reproductive performance, with a depression in testis size, libido and semen quantity and quality during the spring and summer months and a period of high fertility in the autumn/winter, coinciding with the breeding season of ewes of the same breed. Problems of subfertllity which are frequently encountered following the use of various techniques to induce out-of-season breeding in the ewe may therefore be attributable, at least in part, to the ram. The choice of terminal sire for early lambing flocks is further compromised because some breeds of ram show later testicular recrudescence than others.

A study of factors which influence the job satisfaction of stockpeople on commercial pig farms

1990 ◽  
Vol 1990 ◽  
pp. 95-95
Author(s):  
R C Segundo ◽  
P R English ◽  
G Burgess ◽  
S A Edwards ◽  
O MacPherson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Reproductive Performance ◽  
Research Work ◽  
Farm Animals ◽  
Considerable Influence ◽  
Pig Farms ◽  
And Performance ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Farm Livestock

The role of stockmanship in relation to the wellbeing of farm animals has been emphasised in the UK Codes of Recommendations for the Welfare of Farm Livestock (MAFF, 1983). Moreover, previous research work has demonstrated important effects of good and bad stockmanship not only on welfare but also on growth, lactational and reproductive performance of pigs and other farm livestock (Hemsworth et al, 1987). There is a need, therefore, to establish the factors which motivate and demotivate stockpeople since the degree of job satisfaction is likely to have a considerable influence on the attitude and performance of stockpeople and on their empathy with the animals in their care. With this objective in mind, a questionnaire was designed to investigate the aspects which could have an influence on the job satisfaction of the stockpeople involved in pig production.

The effects of nutrition on reproductive performance, lactation and carcass quality of once bred gilts

1995 ◽  
Vol 1995 ◽  
pp. 178-178
Author(s):  
A H Stewart ◽  
S A Edwards ◽  
V R Fowler
Keyword(s):  
Sugar Beet ◽  
Reproductive Performance ◽  
Feed Efficiency ◽  
Reproductive Physiology ◽  
Sugar Beet Pulp ◽  
Energy Sources ◽  
Carcass Quality ◽  
Beet Pulp ◽  
Ad Libitum

The once bred gilt system of production has a number of benefits in terms of feed efficiency and welfare, however the system relies on the production of a quality carcass and acceptable reproductive performance. Previous studies have indicated that welfare might be improved if gilts were ad-libitum fed a diet containing 60% Sugar beet pulp (Stewart et al 1993). There was a suggestion however that reproductive physiology may be put at risk using such a diet. The objective of this experiment was to identify differences in reproductive performance using two different energy sources in gestation and to manipulate nutrition during lactation to study the effect on carcass quality.

An evaluation of beef carcass quality 2. Influence of variation in grazing intensity and the level of barley supplementation with silage on the carcass and meat quality of Friesian steers

1972 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
pp. 229-237
Author(s):  
C. E. Hinks ◽  
J. H. D. Prescott
Keyword(s):  
Meat Quality ◽  
Compensatory Growth ◽  
Live Weight ◽  
Grazing Intensity ◽  
Carcass Composition ◽  
Carcass Weight ◽  
Eating Quality ◽  
Winter Period ◽  
Carcass Quality

SUMMARYTwo experiments concerning the effects, on the carcass and meat characteristics of 18-months-old Friesian steers, of variation in grazing intensity and the level of barley feeding with silage are reported.Groups of 12 steers were grazed at different intensities over 5-month grazing periods, such that live-weight differences of 38 kg and 16 kg were recorded at housing. No compensatory growth was recorded during the subsequent winter feeding period.Whilst the grazing treatments had little effect on carcass or meat quality, higher levels of barley feeding with silage over the winter period (710 v. 410 kg/steer) had significant effects on live-weight gain, and increased carcass weight by 21 kg at slaughter. The higher yield of carcass weight was reflected in significant differences in carcass composition, joint proportions and retail cut-out value. Sixty per cent of the carcass weight difference was removed as trim fat. Differences in carcass fatness were not associated with any differences in eating quality.

scholarly journals Meat quality characteristics of high dairy genetic-merit Holstein, standard dairy genetic-merit Friesian and Charolais x Holstein-Friesian steers

2020 ◽  
Vol 59 (1) ◽  
pp. 27-32
Author(s):  
M. McGee ◽  
M.G. Keane ◽  
R. Neilan ◽  
P.J. Caffrey ◽  
A.P. Moloney
Keyword(s):  
Genetic Material ◽  
Dairy Herd ◽  
Quality Characteristics ◽  
Eating Quality ◽  
Lipid Concentration ◽  
Genetic Merit ◽  
Overall Acceptability ◽  
Holstein Bull ◽  
Holstein Friesian ◽  
Commercially Important

AbstractThe increased use of Holstein genetic material in the Irish dairy herd has consequences for beef production. In all, 42 spring-born steers [14 Holsteins (HO), 14 Friesian (FR) and 14 Charolais × Holstein-Friesian (CH)] were reared to slaughter at between 26 and 37 mo of age. Carcass weight was higher and the lipid concentration of m. longissimus thoracis et lumborum was lower (P < 0.05) for CH than the dairy breeds. Overall acceptability tended to be lower (P = 0.055) while tenderness, texture and chewiness were lower (P < 0.05) for CH compared with the dairy breeds. The proportion of C16:1 in the total lipid tended to be lower (P = 0.055) for CH than the dairy breeds. Replacing male offspring of traditional “Irish” Friesian bulls with offspring from a genetically superior (from a dairy perspective) strain of Holstein bull had no commercially important impact on beef nutritional or eating quality.

Evaluation of Video Image Analysis (VIA) technology to predict meat yield of sheep carcasses online under abattoir conditions

2007 ◽  
Vol 2007 ◽  
pp. 108-108
Author(s):  
E. Rius-Vilarrasa ◽  
L. Bunger ◽  
K. Matthews ◽  
C. Maltin ◽  
A Hinz ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Image Analysis ◽  
Visual Assessment ◽  
Carcass Composition ◽  
Eating Quality ◽  
Beef Industry ◽  
Meat Yield ◽  
A Value ◽  
Fat Score ◽  
The Uk ◽  
The Eu

Accurate estimates of carcass composition and eating quality are critical to the introduction and the success of a value-based marketing system (VBMS) and to help address increased consumer demands for leaner meat with higher quality. Currently in the UK, carcass composition is assessed by a subjective carcass classification system based on the EUROP conformation system, and a visual assessment of fat cover using a numeric fat score (“MLC Scoring”) (Anderson, 2003). Objective, image analysis based systems to classify carcasses into current classification categories have been studied (Allen and Finnery, 2000) and are in use in the beef industry in the EU. However, the introduction of automatic technologies such as VIA may also have considerable potential for prediction of lean meat yield of the carcass. There is growing interest in the possibility of developing payment criteria which are based on carcass meat yield. Therefore, the present research project investigated the potential of VIA technology to predict meat yield in terms of saleable meat yield (SMY), saleable primal meat yield (SPMY) and the carcass components leg, chump, loin and shoulder in lamb.

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