Hostname: page-component-6bf8c574d5-qdpjg Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2025-02-21T21:09:53.653Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false
  • English
  • Français

The influence of conformation of the suckler dam on dystocia and progeny characteristics

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 November 2017

R. M. Kirkland ,
T. W. J. Keady ,
P. A. Ingram ,
D. C. Patterson ,
R. W. J. Steen ,
J. Comerford  and
C. S. Mayne
R. M. Kirkland*
Affiliation:
The Agricultural Research Institute of Northern Ireland, Hillsborough, Co. Down BT26 6DR, U.K.
T. W. J. Keady
Affiliation:
The Agricultural Research Institute of Northern Ireland, Hillsborough, Co. Down BT26 6DR, U.K.
P. A. Ingram
Affiliation:
The Agricultural Research Institute of Northern Ireland, Hillsborough, Co. Down BT26 6DR, U.K.
D. C. Patterson
Affiliation:
The Agricultural Research Institute of Northern Ireland, Hillsborough, Co. Down BT26 6DR, U.K.
R. W. J. Steen
Affiliation:
The Agricultural Research Institute of Northern Ireland, Hillsborough, Co. Down BT26 6DR, U.K.
J. Comerford
Affiliation:
The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA168802-3503, U.S.A.
C. S. Mayne
Affiliation:
The Agricultural Research Institute of Northern Ireland, Hillsborough, Co. Down BT26 6DR, U.K.
*
Email: richard.kirkland@dardni.gov.uk
Get access

Extract

The Northern Ireland beef herd currently incorporates a very diverse range of genotypes which produces a very varied product in terms of carcass weight, fatness and conformation (Kirkland et al., 2004). However, factors other than genotype may also influence the expression of maternal traits and progeny carcass characteristics. The objective of the present study was to evaluate the influence of dam conformation, irrespective of genotype, on dystocia and progeny carcass traits.

Type
Poster Presentations
Information
Proceedings of the British Society of Animal Science , Volume 2005 , 2005 , pp. 120
Copyright
Copyright © The British Society of Animal Science 2005

Access options

Get access to the full version of this content by using one of the access options below. (Log in options will check for institutional or personal access. Content may require purchase if you do not have access.)

References

Kirkland, R. M., Keady, T. W. J., Ingram, P. A., Patterson, D. C., Steen, R. W. J, Comerford, J. and Mayne, C. S. 2004. Beef from the suckler herd: 2. Evaluation of the performance of some of the commonest dam genotypes present in the Northern Ireland suckler herd. Proceedings of the British Society of Animal Science, p36.Google Scholar