Dairy farming is one of the most important agricultural industries in South
Africa, and thus improving the performance of dairy cows, with respect to
economically important dairy traits, would be beneficial. Selection ...
The experiment was designed to investigate why dairy heifers perform poorly on kikuyu pasture
compared to a beef breed like the Hereford. The main assumption was that the lower growth rate
in dairy breeds was due to low ...
The growth of tissues (bone, muscle and fat), along their natural growth curve, is
controlled by a complex array of interactions. Growth gradients exist between the tissues
and the body as a whole, bone being earlier ...
