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
Recommended Citation
South Dakota State University, Cooperative Extension, "Beef Cattle Performance Testing" (1979). SDSU Extension Fact Sheets. 1101.
https://openprairie.sdstate.edu/extension_fact/1101
Comments
This item was digitized with the support from Project CERES, a collaboration between USAIN, AgNIC, and the Center for Research Libraries.