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The breeding goal for Red Danish and Danish Friesian is a simultaneous improvement of milk yield, growth rate, feed efficiency and carcass quality.
The breeding work is strongly influenced by the import of Holstein Friesian genes into the Danish Friesian and American Brown Swiss genes into the Red Danish. A great variation in beef traits has been demonstrated among the imported genes, and, therefore, a systematic testing and selection of the crossbred potential breeding bulls are important.
In Denmark such selection is mainly based on performance tests of growth rate, appetite and ultrasonic muscle area (600 bulls/year), and to a lesser extent on progeny tests for growth rate, carcass composition and meat quality (30 progeny groups/ year).
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Andersen, B.B. (1982). Danish Breeding Strategies for Milk and Beef Traits in Dairy and Dual Purpose Cattle Breeds. In: O’Ferrall, G.J.M. (eds) Beef Production from Different Dairy Breeds and Dairy Beef Crosses. Current Topics in Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science, vol 21. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-0847-0_3
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