Breeding strategies for the Italian Jersey

Jersey dairy cows were introduced in Italy in the early 1980’s, and in 1991 the Italian Jersey Herd book was established. During the last decade the number of registered cows has doubled and nowadays there are more than 5000 registered cows from 488 herds. Most herds have Jersey and Holste...

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Main Authors: F. Cavanesi, A.B. Samoré, S. Biffani
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2011-03-01
Series:Italian Journal of Animal Science
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Online Access:http://www.aspajournal.it/index.php/ijas/article/view/1956
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description Jersey dairy cows were introduced in Italy in the early 1980’s, and in 1991 the Italian Jersey Herd book was established. During the last decade the number of registered cows has doubled and nowadays there are more than 5000 registered cows from 488 herds. Most herds have Jersey and Holstein cows even if some “only-jersey” herds do exist. Nevertheless, the Italian Jersey population is, from a genetic point of view, the result of independent breeders’ decisions with regard to importation rather than the result of a national selection program with genetic goals clearly defined. As a result of the growing interest of the breeders, national genetic breeding value estimation.......
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spelling doaj.art-4c8cd580bc724090aa4491308114ef0b2022-12-21T18:41:06ZengTaylor & Francis GroupItalian Journal of Animal Science1594-40771828-051X2011-03-0121S798110.4081/ijas.2003.s1.79Breeding strategies for the Italian JerseyF. CavanesiA.B. SamoréS. BiffaniJersey dairy cows were introduced in Italy in the early 1980’s, and in 1991 the Italian Jersey Herd book was established. During the last decade the number of registered cows has doubled and nowadays there are more than 5000 registered cows from 488 herds. Most herds have Jersey and Holstein cows even if some “only-jersey” herds do exist. Nevertheless, the Italian Jersey population is, from a genetic point of view, the result of independent breeders’ decisions with regard to importation rather than the result of a national selection program with genetic goals clearly defined. As a result of the growing interest of the breeders, national genetic breeding value estimation.......http://www.aspajournal.it/index.php/ijas/article/view/1956Jersey, genetic trend, aggregate index
spellingShingle F. Cavanesi
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Breeding strategies for the Italian Jersey
Italian Journal of Animal Science
Jersey, genetic trend, aggregate index
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title_full Breeding strategies for the Italian Jersey
title_fullStr Breeding strategies for the Italian Jersey
title_full_unstemmed Breeding strategies for the Italian Jersey
title_short Breeding strategies for the Italian Jersey
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url http://www.aspajournal.it/index.php/ijas/article/view/1956
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