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EUROPEAN FRIESIANS - THE CANADIAN AND AMERICAN INVASION

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 August 2011

E.P. Cunningham
Affiliation:
The Agricultural Institute, 19 Sandymount Avenue, Dublin 4, Ireland
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Summary

The use of Holstein cattle genes from Canada and the United States is increasing in European Friesians. Estimates of the rate of change are given.

Resume

L'utilisation de génes de bovins Holstein provenant du Canada et des Etats-Unis est en augmentation dans la race Frisonne europóenne. Des estimations de la rapidité de ce changement sont données.

Resumen

El empleo de genes de ganado Holstein proveniente de los EEUU (Estados Unidos de Norte America) y Canada esta aumentando en los Friesians europeos. Se señalan estimaciones del rango del cambio.

Type
Research Articles
Copyright
Copyright © Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations 1983

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European Association of Animal Production. Livestock production in Europe. Livestock Production Science. Special Issue. 1982Google Scholar
Stolzman, M., Jasiorowski, H., Reklewski, Z., Zarnecki, A. and Kalinowska, G. Friesian cattle in Poland - preliminary results of testing different strains. World Animal Review 38: 915. 1981Google Scholar