Crossbreeding experiment with beef and dual-purpose sire breeds on Danish dairy cows III. Daily gain,feed conversion and carcass quality of intensively fed young bulls |
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| Authors: | B Bech Andersen T Liboriussen K Kousgaard L Buchter |
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| Institution: | 1. National Institute of Animal Science, Department of Cattle Experiments, Copenhagen, Denmark;2. Danish Meat Research Institute, Roskilde, Denmark |
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| Abstract: | Beef production characteristics of 254 intensively fed young bulls are described. The results are part of a beef × dairy crossbreeding experiment, where sires of eight European beef and dual-purpose breeds were used on cows of RDM (Danish Red Cattle) and SDM (Black Pied Danish Cattle).Daily gain and feed conversion were influenced by the sire breeds. Charolais, Blonde d'Aquitaine and Simmental crosses showed the highest daily gain, followed by Romagnola, Danish Red and White, Chianina, Limousin and Hereford crosses.Carcass composition and carcass conformation were strongly influenced by sire breed with Blonde d'Aquitaine and Limousin crosses producing the most valuable carcasses followed by Chianina, Charolais, Romagnola, Simmental, Danish Red and White and Hereford crosses in descending order.The analysis showed a sire breed × weight/age interaction in carcass composition traits, due to sire breed differences in maturity. That demonstrates the importance of serial slaughtering in breed comparison experiments. Hereford and Limousin produced the earliest maturing crosses and Danish Red and White and Blonde d'Aquitaine the latest maturing crosses. |
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