scholarly journals Cattle production: Current situation and future directions of development in Republic of Serbia

2007 ◽  
Vol 23 (5-6-1) ◽  
pp. 1-10 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Aleksic ◽  
M.M. Petrovic ◽  
Lj. Sretenovic ◽  
V. Pantelic ◽  
D. Tomasevic ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Current Situation ◽  
Added Value ◽  
Meat Production ◽  
Cattle Production ◽  
Genetic Progress ◽  
Cattle Breeding ◽  
Milk Traits ◽  
Future Directions ◽  
White Cattle ◽  
Simmental Cattle

Number of heads of cattle in the last 11 years is constantly decreasing. In this period, number of cattle is reduced by 18%. Number of cows and pregnant heifers reduced by 14%. Data indicate that at the end of 2006 1,096.000 heads of cattle were registered. It should be pointed out that number of cows and pregnant heifers of 710.000 heads at the end of 2006 which are included in reproduction represent the future of Serbian cattle production in future. Dominant breeds are Domestic Spotted and Simmental cattle, participating by about 70% in total number, then crossbreds of Domestic Spotted and Simmental and Busha cattle participating with about 25%, and about 5% goes to Black and Red-White cattle of European White-Black and Holstein races. Production of cow's milk is in slight constant increase. This can be explained by increased production of milk per cow. Genetic progress in milk traits was achieved by utilization of progeny tested bulls on milk and increased scope of artificial insemination of cows and heifers. Production of meat is in constant decrease which is consequence of reduction of total number of cattle as well as insufficient number of slaughterhouses with EU certificate. Of total quantity of produced meat, in Central Serbia 69.000 t and in Vojvodina 21.000 t of meat is produced. Starting from the current situation in cattle production, and on basis of previous practice, domestic and international, and development of cattle breeding, fast and efficient transformation of cattle production is necessary, enlargement of agricultural farms and forming of specialized farmers for production of meat and milk. Systems of certification and registration which would increase the product value should be introduced on specialized farms. Milk produced in this way can have added value on the market through special dairy products (hard cheeses, semi hard cheeses, white-soft cheeses and milk beverages). Agricultural households/farms specializing in meat production have objective - production of beef for domestic needs and export. Future of export of Serbian meat is first of all in production of beef of high quality which complies with demands of specific markets (Italy, Greece, etc.).

scholarly journals Cattle production: PR China and Republic of Serbia

2012 ◽  
Vol 28 (4) ◽  
pp. 635-648 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Aleksic ◽  
S Sunfang ◽  
Z. Jingming ◽  
Q. Meiyu ◽  
W. Jiabo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Beef Cattle ◽  
Inner Mongolia ◽  
Current Situation ◽  
Total Production ◽  
Cattle Production ◽  
Cattle Breeding ◽  
Cattle Industry ◽  
Genetic Characteristics ◽  
Chinese Holstein ◽  
The Third

The paper presents data on the cattle industry in the People's Republic of China and the Republic of Serbia. China is the third largest dairy producing country and the third largest beef producing country in the world. In 2011, the dairy cow population in China was 14.4 million. Chinese dairy breed is mainly obtained by grading hybridization from Holstein, Simmental, etc. which were introduced from foreign countries, and local cattle breeds for long time to form the offspring with stable genetic characteristics. Currently, the dairy breeds cultured in China mainly include Chinese Holstein, Chinese Simmental, dairy buffalo, Brown cattle, Sanhe cattle, etc. Chinese Holstein accounts for about 80% of the total dairy cattle. From 2000 to 2007, Chinese beef production has always been in a rapid growth phase, with an increase from 5.054 million tons to 6.134 million tons, reached a historical highest level of 6.355 million tons in 2009, but rapidly declined since 2009, and dropped to 5 million tons in 2011. In addition, the amounts of reproduction cow and beef cattle in stock were also declined. In 2011, there were about 32.7 million beef cattle slaughtered, and the beef cattle population was about 80 million at the end of 2011, the beef carcass yield was about 5.5 million tons, the national average carcass weight was 201.5kg/cow, and the production value of beef cattle was about 200.75 billion Yuan. Currently, the amount of reproduction cow in stock declined sharply; the contradiction between the lack of cattle resource and the continued growth of beef consumption is more and more serious. Chinese dairy farming is mainly concentrated in the North, Northeast and Northwest of China, the dairy cows population in Inner Mongolia, Xinjiang, Heilongjiang and Hebei account for 60% of the total population in China; the beef cattle is mainly concentrated in rural areas as Henan, Shandong and Hebei provinces, accounting for 80% of the national amount of slaughtered beef cattle. In recent years, the superior regions of beef cattle breeding have been gradually shifted towards north and southwest. The beef cattle industry in Heilongjiang Province, Sichuan Province, Yunnan Province and Guizhou Province has been developed rapidly. The beef cattle breeding in pastoral areas are mainly concentrated in Inner Mongolia, Xinjiang and Gansu province. Cattle production is important branch of livestock production in Republic of Serbia. Current situation in cattle production is not satisfactory in regard to the production per head and number of heads which has been constantly decreasing in recent years. Based on official statistical data, current situation in cattle production is considered as unfavourable (Bureau of Statistics of Republic of Serbia). Number of cattle in 2011 was 936.000 heads and constantly decreasing over the last 11 years. In this period, number of cattle is reduced by 18%, and number of cows and pregnant heifers by 14%. Data on number and categories of cattle also indicate considerable reduction, so category of cattle at the age of 1 to 2 years has been reduced by 24.5%, and number of calves by 29.2%. Production of cow milk is relatively steady. In 2011 milk production was 1.434.000liters. This can be explained by increased production of milk per cow. Genetic progress in milk traits was achieved by utilization of progeny tested bulls on milk and increased scope of artificial insemination of cows and heifers. Production of meat is in constant decrease which is consequence of reduction of total number of cattle as well as insufficient number of slaughterhouses with EU certificate. Meat production in 2011 was 81.000 t. Our country, although without developed cattle breeding, has been traditional exporter of beef, meat products and fattening young cattle into many countries, even the most developed ones, for instance Italy and Greece. Export of beef was in expansion prior to Italy (1974) and Greece (1980) entering the EEC. For instance, in year 1974, we exported 50.500 t/annually on Italian market, i.e. in 1980 51.310 t and there were 24 registered slaughterhouses with EEC certificate. Today, there are only a few slaughterhouses with EU certificate, and approved export quota of close to 8.000 t of beef we cannot realize. Total production of milk is 1,434.000 l. Cattle production is expected to provide high quality products for export, primarily beef and quality cheeses with defined origin and quality.

PSVIII-6 Genetic features of Russian Simmental cattle population different origin derived by assessing milk production and fertility traits

2021 ◽  
Vol 99 (Supplement_3) ◽  
pp. 241-241
Author(s):  
Larisa P Ignatieva ◽  
Alexander A Sermyagin ◽  
Sergey Nikitin
Keyword(s):  
Milk Yield ◽  
Live Weight ◽  
Reproductive Traits ◽  
Selection Response ◽  
Meat Production ◽  
Fat Percentage ◽  
Improvement Strategy ◽  
Milk Traits ◽  
Simmental Cattle ◽  
Breed Improvement

Abstract Since the beginning of the 20th century, over 43 thousand animals of Simmental cattle and related breeds have been imported to Russia from Europe. This had a significant impact on the selection intensity and genetic structure within the pale-motley population. The research included 42 breeding herds from 14 regions of Russia. The EBV using the BLUPF90 program based on the ANIMAL MODEL procedure was calculated. Totally of 1471 bulls by using 61816 daughters were estimated. The heritability coefficients showed moderate variability for milk yield (MY) h2=0.140, fat percentage (FP) h2=0.194, protein percentage (PP) h2=0.184 and live weight h2=0.163, as an indirect predictor for meat production. The variability for fertility features like number of inseminations per conception and days open was h2=0.073 and h2=0.061, respectively. Genetic correlation between MY and FP was rg=0.149, and for MY and PP – rg=0.180, while between FP and PP – rg=0.226. The average bulls’ EBV for milk traits in Red Holsteins consisted +23 kg MY, +0.002% FP and +0.001% PP, by Austrian Simmental +10 kg MY, +0.013% FP and +0.002% PP. For Russian Simmental origin animals was signed negative selection response for MY (-23 kg), FP (-0.001%) and PP (-0.003%). High average EBV for imported Simmental cows were revealed +146 kg MY, +0.009% FP and +0.004% PP, while in Russian Simmental we got negative values for MY -70 kg and PP -0.004% but only for FP was showed positive level +0.001%. Simmental breed improvement strategy in Russia focused not only to increasing milk yield but also to improving milk compositions with stabilizing cows’ reproductive traits using the world gene pool of related breeds from Europe. The study was funded by Ministry of Science and Higher Education No.0445-2021-0016

scholarly journals Current situation and perspective of cattle breeding in Republic of Macedonia

2009 ◽  
Vol 25 (5-6-1) ◽  
pp. 581-590
Author(s):  
B. Palasevski ◽  
Z. Naletoski ◽  
N. Mateva
Keyword(s):  
Genetically Modified Organisms ◽  
Livestock Production ◽  
The Other ◽  
Meat Production ◽  
Total Production ◽  
Genetic Progress ◽  
Cattle Breeding ◽  
Republic Of Macedonia ◽  
Livestock Breeding ◽  
Other Hand

Lack of food, especially lack of protein in this millennium will be main problem in many countries, especially developing ones. Satisfying of the needs of the human population in nutrition products will be global problem. On the other hand, world trends are directed towards providing not only sufficient quantities of food but also that food is adequate and satisfactory in regard to the quality. Genetic progress offers solutions for satisfaction of needs by use of genetically modified organisms (GMO), but on the other hand, consumers and consumer organizations are against their use. Macedonia, in spite of its potential for development of agriculture in general, including livestock production, is considered as country which can not satisfy its own needs and has to import food in order to cover the needs of the population.. Livestock production in developed livestock breeding countries participates in general agriculture with high share. In Austria, livestock production participates in total agriculture with 67%. In Switzerland cattle breeding participates in total production with 53% (33% in milk production and 20% in meat production). In the Netherlands cattle breeding participates in livestock production with 68%, in Germany with 64%, whereas in total agriculture with 44%. In Finland cattle production participates in livestock production with 63%. In Republic of Macedonia, cattle breeding in livestock production participates with 24,5%, and livestock production in total agriculture with 35,3%. Characteristics of Macedonian livestock production are small farms with 2 to 3 cows per farm (75% of total number of farms) and small land property (80% of farms with 1 to 3 ha).

scholarly journals Exterior and constitutional features of first-calf cows of black-and-white cattle of different genotypes

2021 ◽  
Vol 262 ◽  
pp. 02017
Author(s):  
Orest Basonov ◽  
Dmitry Petrov ◽  
Amanbai Karynbaev ◽  
Zaurbek Aisanov ◽  
Tsrai Kagermazov
Keyword(s):  
Milk Production ◽  
Growth And Development ◽  
Major Element ◽  
Cattle Production ◽  
Cattle Breeding ◽  
Black And White ◽  
Reproductive Ability ◽  
Dairy Cattle Breeding ◽  
White Cattle ◽  
Selection Of

The dairy cattle breeding development depends largely on the culture of raising young animals of the cattle. Production and maintaining healthy young animals is an extremely challenging task for livestock breeders [1,3,12,14]. Breeding of dairy replacement heifers is considered a major element of the breeding system and milk production technology, since the formation of milk production takes place just in the process of growth and development. Individual selection of parental pairs affects not only the cattle reproductive ability, but also the growth of offspring [2, 4,13], [5-11].

scholarly journals Development of a Corporate-Based Beef Cattle Breeding Area

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hamdi Mayulu ◽  
Irsan Tricahyadinata ◽  
Agus Soepriyadi
Keyword(s):  
Human Resources ◽  
Beef Cattle ◽  
Added Value ◽  
Breeding Area ◽  
Cattle Breeding ◽  
Sustainable Food ◽  
Public Facilities ◽  
East Kalimantan ◽  
Business System ◽  
Development Area

Livestock is an integral part of agriculture which significantly contributes to the economic and socio-economic development. Based on its potential in natural resources and human resources, East Kalimantan Province has opportunity to become a beef cattle development area. The development of a corporate-based beef cattle breeding area is an approach which taken toward industrial and business-oriented beef cattle breeding. The concept of breeder corporation will create new strengths such as strengths in human resources, capital, and banking in business development, which can more open the opportunities for the success and growth of the breeder's business. The development of a corporate-based beef cattle breeding area provides opportunities, including: 1) improving the competitiveness and added value of the region and beef cattle commodities in order to support national sustainable food security; 2) strengthening the livestock business system in one area management in a holistic manner; and 3) strengthening breeders institutions in accessing information, technology, public facilities and infrastructure, capital, processing and marketing, so that the concept is expected to be applied in East Kalimantan Province.

Changes in dam characteristics of Holstein Friesian (HF) cows selected for Embryo Transfer in the United Kingdom (UK)

1997 ◽  
Vol 1997 ◽  
pp. 145-145
Author(s):  
M S Winters ◽  
M P Coffey
Keyword(s):  
United Kingdom ◽  
Embryo Transfer ◽  
Genetic Progress ◽  
Cattle Breeding ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Holstein Friesian ◽  
Donor Characteristics

The use of Embryo Transfer (ET) in HF cattle breeding is now a routine technique. It provides an opportunity to increase the contribution of the dam to genetic progress in the population. The aim of this paper is to characterise the cows chosen as embryo donors, and to detect any changes in donor characteristics.

scholarly journals Effect of Supplementation with Antioxidants on the Quality of Bovine Milk and Meat Production

2013 ◽  
Vol 2013 ◽  
pp. 1-8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cristina Castillo ◽  
Víctor Pereira ◽  
Ángel Abuelo ◽  
Joaquín Hernández
Keyword(s):  
Animal Health ◽  
Antioxidant Properties ◽  
Bovine Milk ◽  
Preventive Treatment ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Added Value ◽  
Meat Production ◽  
Antioxidant Supplementation ◽  
Transition Cow

From a clinical point of view, oxidative stress (OS) is considered the primary cause of numerous metabolic processes intransition cow.Thus, the addition of antioxidants has been considered a palliative or preventive treatment. But beyond the clinical perspective, antioxidant supplementation provides an added value to the product obtained being either milk or meat. This paper reviews the beneficial aspects that provide antioxidant supplementation on quality of both products and that fit into the new concept that the consumer has a functional and healthy food. Our approach is from a veterinary standpoint, by reviewing the studies conducted to date and the new perspectives that are interesting and need to be studied in the following years. One of the highlights is that sustainable farming, one in which production is combined with animal health, also impacts positively on the quality of the final products, with beneficial antioxidant properties to human health.

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