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The Improvement In Type Of South Dakota Dairy Cattle Through Artificial Breeding, Kenneth I. Gross
The Improvement In Type Of South Dakota Dairy Cattle Through Artificial Breeding, Kenneth I. Gross
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Body conformation is associated with function among all classes of livestock. Dairy cattle type deals with characteristics indicating ability to produce milk and butterfat economically along with breed character and other values of an aesthetic nature. In order to have economical milk and butterfat production, the dairy cow should possess that type of body conformation which is able to withstand the rigors of disease, reproduction and year after year milk production. A large percentage of dairy cattle sold in South Dakota and surrounding territory, whether for breeding purpose or commercial production, are evaluated primarily on the basis of their type. …
Some Mechanical And Horomonal Methods Of Dilating The Bovine Cervix, Edmund F. Graham
Some Mechanical And Horomonal Methods Of Dilating The Bovine Cervix, Edmund F. Graham
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The selection for certain inherited characteristics war practiced approximately 2000 years before the Christian Era. Jacob (Genesis 30:28-43) was given all the speckled cattle in his master’s herd for being herdsman. In a few years, by selecting for the spotting factor, only speckled cattle remained in the herd. Selection was the first tool for segregating definite characteristics. As a means of more rapid improvement artificial insemination was practiced by an Arabian chieftain as early as 1322 A. D. (35). Since 1322 these crude methods of transferring semen have been perfected until approximately four million cows were inseminated in the United …