Evaluation of the Growth Rates and Biometric Traits in Meat Crossbred Calves
The aim of this study was to evaluate the body weight and some biometric measurements on meat crossbred calves comparative with Romanian Black Spotted dairy calves at weaning (4 months). The current research was carried out on a number of 45 calves in the Dairy cows' Experimental Farm of the Re...
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| description | The aim of this study was to evaluate the body weight and some biometric measurements on meat crossbred calves comparative with Romanian Black Spotted dairy calves at weaning (4 months). The current research was carried out on a number of 45 calves in the Dairy cows' Experimental Farm of the Research and Development Institute for Bovine Balotesti, on four experimental groups, E1: F1 Blanc Blue Belgique x Romanian Black Spotted, E2: F1 Aberdeen Angus x Romanian Black Spotted, E3: F1 Limousine x Romanian Black, E4: F1 Charolaise x Romanian Black Spotted, with n=9 heads/group and the control group (M) Romanian Black Spotted, with n=9 heads/group. The obtained mean values for the body weight were statistically significant (p<0.001) for all experimental groups (E1:153.54±1.36 kg, E2:153.00±0.86 kg, E3:150.77±0.87 kg, E4:139.78±1.42 kg) comparative with the control group (M:128.36±0.74 kg). Moreover, the average daily gain recorded was statistically significant (p<0.001) for all experimental groups (E1:933.34±10.00 g, E2:945.56±8.82 g, E3:928.89±3.33 g, E4:790.00±20.62 g) comparative with the control group (M:746.67±8.66 g). The experimental groups E1 and E2 recorded the best performances for biometric traits: height at withers (HW), height at rump (HR), height of chest (HC) and length of rump (LR) comparative with the control group M (p<0.001). The obtained results demonstrates the usefulness of the crossbreeding system in dairy herds as an alternative to improve the sustainability of the dairy cows’ farms. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-8c1512cf4db84eaaab5b01d8fbbe942c2024-04-10T10:58:09ZengAgroprint TimisoaraScientific Papers Animal Science and Biotechnologies1841-93642344-45762023-09-015129898980Evaluation of the Growth Rates and Biometric Traits in Meat Crossbred CalvesMarinela Enculescu0Radu Ionel Neamt1Ioana Nicolae2Research and Development Institute for Bovine, 077015, Balotesti, Bucuresti-Ploiesti, 21, RomaniaResearch and Development Station for Bovine, 310059, Arad, Bodrogului, 32, RomaniaResearch and Development Institute for Bovine, 077015, Balotesti, Bucuresti-Ploiesti, 21, RomaniaThe aim of this study was to evaluate the body weight and some biometric measurements on meat crossbred calves comparative with Romanian Black Spotted dairy calves at weaning (4 months). The current research was carried out on a number of 45 calves in the Dairy cows' Experimental Farm of the Research and Development Institute for Bovine Balotesti, on four experimental groups, E1: F1 Blanc Blue Belgique x Romanian Black Spotted, E2: F1 Aberdeen Angus x Romanian Black Spotted, E3: F1 Limousine x Romanian Black, E4: F1 Charolaise x Romanian Black Spotted, with n=9 heads/group and the control group (M) Romanian Black Spotted, with n=9 heads/group. The obtained mean values for the body weight were statistically significant (p<0.001) for all experimental groups (E1:153.54±1.36 kg, E2:153.00±0.86 kg, E3:150.77±0.87 kg, E4:139.78±1.42 kg) comparative with the control group (M:128.36±0.74 kg). Moreover, the average daily gain recorded was statistically significant (p<0.001) for all experimental groups (E1:933.34±10.00 g, E2:945.56±8.82 g, E3:928.89±3.33 g, E4:790.00±20.62 g) comparative with the control group (M:746.67±8.66 g). The experimental groups E1 and E2 recorded the best performances for biometric traits: height at withers (HW), height at rump (HR), height of chest (HC) and length of rump (LR) comparative with the control group M (p<0.001). The obtained results demonstrates the usefulness of the crossbreeding system in dairy herds as an alternative to improve the sustainability of the dairy cows’ farms.https://spasb.ro/index.php/public_html/article/view/980biometric traitsbody weightscalvescrossbredweaning |
| spellingShingle | Marinela Enculescu Radu Ionel Neamt Ioana Nicolae Evaluation of the Growth Rates and Biometric Traits in Meat Crossbred Calves Scientific Papers Animal Science and Biotechnologies biometric traits body weights calves crossbred weaning |
| title | Evaluation of the Growth Rates and Biometric Traits in Meat Crossbred Calves |
| title_full | Evaluation of the Growth Rates and Biometric Traits in Meat Crossbred Calves |
| title_fullStr | Evaluation of the Growth Rates and Biometric Traits in Meat Crossbred Calves |
| title_full_unstemmed | Evaluation of the Growth Rates and Biometric Traits in Meat Crossbred Calves |
| title_short | Evaluation of the Growth Rates and Biometric Traits in Meat Crossbred Calves |
| title_sort | evaluation of the growth rates and biometric traits in meat crossbred calves |
| topic | biometric traits body weights calves crossbred weaning |
| url | https://spasb.ro/index.php/public_html/article/view/980 |
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