Document Type
Fact Sheet
Series No.
418-971
Description
Performance testing offers beef cattle breeders a way of measuring differences among animals for traits that have economic significance. The economic traits are those that contribute to productive efficiency, carcass desirability, rapid growth rate, efficient use of feed, regularity of reproduction, and carcass quality desired by the packer and consumer. The differences observed or measured in these traits are to a certain extent inherited differences. Thus, the systematic measurement of these differences, the recording of the measurements, and the use of the records in a selection program will increase the rate of genetic improvement in a herd.
Publication Date
1971
Format
application/pdf
Publisher
South Dakota State University
Rights
South Dakota State University
Recommended Citation
South Dakota State University, Cooperative Extension, "Performance Testing Beef Cattle" (1971). SDSU Extension Fact Sheets. 1100.
https://openprairie.sdstate.edu/extension_fact/1100
Comments
This item was digitized with the support from Project CERES, a collaboration between USAIN, AgNIC, and the Center for Research Libraries.