Bull fertility and semen quality are not correlated with dairy and production traits in Brown Swiss cattle

Undisturbed reproduction is key for successful breeding of beef and dairy cattle. Improving reproductive ability can be difficult because of antagonistic relationships with other economically relevant traits. In cattle, thorough investigation of female fertility revealed unfavorable genetic correlat...

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Main Authors: Xena Marie Mapel, Maya Hiltpold, Naveen Kumar Kadri, Ulrich Witschi, Hubert Pausch
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2022-03-01
Series:JDS Communications
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666910222000011