Document Type

Fact Sheet

Series No.

418-979

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 production efficiency, carcass desirability, rapid growth rate, efficient use of food, regularity of reproduction, and carcass quality desired by the packer and consumer. The differences measured in these traits are inherited differently. 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

1979

Format

application/pdf

Publisher

South Dakota State University

Rights

South Dakota State University

Comments

This item was digitized with the support from Project CERES, a collaboration between USAIN, AgNIC, and the Center for Research Libraries.

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