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Dairy breeding for grazing systems

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 November 2017

J E Pryce ,
B L Harris  and
W A Montgomerie
J E Pryce*
Affiliation:
Livestock Improvement Corporation, Private Bag 3016, Hamilton, New Zealand
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In seasonal production systems feed requirements for production are matched to pasture supply, thus feed efficiency and achieving a single concentrated seasonal calving pattern are likely to be more important than in non-seasonal systems. Breeding objectives and choice of breeds are discussed, using New Zealand (NZ) as an example.

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Proceedings of the British Society of Animal Science , Volume 2006 , March 2006 , pp. 214
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Copyright © 2016 The American Society of International Law

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Bryant, J.R., Lopez-Villalobos, N., Pryce, J.E., Holmes (2006) Environmental sensitivity in New Zealand dairy cattle (submitted) Google Scholar
LIC (2005) Dairy Statistics 2004/5. Livestock Improvement Corporation Google Scholar
Pryce, J.E. and Harris, B.L. (2006) Genetic Correlations of Body Condition Score with production traits, fertility, liveweight and somatic Cell Score Estimated using Random Regression Models (submitted) Google Scholar