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Title: Responses to selection in multi and single-breed types of cattle / Research staff : M.J. Carrick, G.J. Sawyer, F.F. Dixon and R. Sprivulis.
Author: Western Australia. Dept. of Agriculture. ; Carrick, M. J. (Western Australian Dept. of Agriculture, Perth. Beef Cattle Branch) ; Sawyer, G. J. (Western Australian Dept. of Agriculture, Bunbury) ; Australian Meat and Livestock Research and Development Corporation. ; Sprivulis, R. (Western Australian Dept. of Agriculture, Bunbury) ; Dixon, F. F. Western Australian Dept. of Agriculture, Bunbury)
Year: [1986]
Series: Final report (Australian Meat and Livestock Research and Development Corporation)
Description: 18 leaves ; 30 cm.
Subject: Carcass yield. ; Beef cattle. ; Growth. ; Research projects. ; Performance testing. ; Reproductive performance. ; Western Australia.
Notes: 4 tables, 5 figures. Australian Meat and Livestock Research and Development Corporation : final report.
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Type: Book
Abstract: Adjusted 200 day weights increased in both Herefords and multi-breeds. The average weight of mature Hereford cows in December was 576 (condition score 4.2), the equivalent figures for the mature multi-breeds being 596 (condition score 3.6). Theoverall pregnancy test results indicate an average of 80 per cent pregnant between both breeds. The multi-breeds were of a later maturity type and needed to be considerably heavier than the herefords at 15 months in order to conceive.Significant differences were fou
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