Alternative selection combinations of milk traits were studied by the selection index method. The current pricing system in Finland does not encourage weighting fat or protein content, while the most profitable objective, when looking at farmer’s net income, is breeding for milk yield. Because of low protein content in milk and consumer attitudes, which prefer protein to fat, the main objective in the Finnish dairy cattle breeding program is protein yield. Selection for protein yield changes the protein to fat ratio to desirable direction by increasing the protein content and decreasing the fat content. Changes in constituents are small though. Changing the breeding objective from protein yield to protein content would require a considerabl...
Milk yield and milk quality are essential in determining the development of national dairy industry....
One goal of animal breeding is to increase the economic output through increased production, improve...
The aim of this paper is to analyze the indices of the dairy cattle breed value established by the B...
Alternative selection combinations of milk traits were studied by the selection index method. The cu...
In Finland the protein content of the feeds is in general so low that it restricts the milk yield pa...
Associations between protein feeding and reproductive efficiency in the dairy cow are reviewed. Exam...
The principles of selection are re-viewed as a basis for discussing selection for protein content of...
Tämän kirjallisuuskatsauksen tavoitteena oli selvittää suomalaisen jalostustutkimuksen tärkeimpien t...
Selection response from a two-tier nucleus breeding scheme using the current Kenyan breeding goal wa...
The objective of this paper is to review research which has evaluated the feeding of dairy cows with...
Coefficients of simple and partial correlations between the milk yield and the percentages of fat an...
Economic weights for milk carrier (water plus lactose), fat and protein yields, calving interval, ag...
The following results have been obtained from a statistical investigation carried out on experimenta...
Changing production circumstances, a wide range of traits and the international bull market enable d...
Over 90 % of beef produced in Finland is generated as a by-product of milk production with dairy bre...
Milk yield and milk quality are essential in determining the development of national dairy industry....
One goal of animal breeding is to increase the economic output through increased production, improve...
The aim of this paper is to analyze the indices of the dairy cattle breed value established by the B...
Alternative selection combinations of milk traits were studied by the selection index method. The cu...
In Finland the protein content of the feeds is in general so low that it restricts the milk yield pa...
Associations between protein feeding and reproductive efficiency in the dairy cow are reviewed. Exam...
The principles of selection are re-viewed as a basis for discussing selection for protein content of...
Tämän kirjallisuuskatsauksen tavoitteena oli selvittää suomalaisen jalostustutkimuksen tärkeimpien t...
Selection response from a two-tier nucleus breeding scheme using the current Kenyan breeding goal wa...
The objective of this paper is to review research which has evaluated the feeding of dairy cows with...
Coefficients of simple and partial correlations between the milk yield and the percentages of fat an...
Economic weights for milk carrier (water plus lactose), fat and protein yields, calving interval, ag...
The following results have been obtained from a statistical investigation carried out on experimenta...
Changing production circumstances, a wide range of traits and the international bull market enable d...
Over 90 % of beef produced in Finland is generated as a by-product of milk production with dairy bre...
Milk yield and milk quality are essential in determining the development of national dairy industry....
One goal of animal breeding is to increase the economic output through increased production, improve...
The aim of this paper is to analyze the indices of the dairy cattle breed value established by the B...