Clasen, Julie and Kargo, M. and Fikse, Freddy and Strandberg, Erling and Wallenbeck, Anna and Ostergaard, S. and Rydhmer, Lotta
(2021).
Conservation of a native dairy cattle breed through terminal crossbreeding with commercial dairy breeds.
Acta Agriculturae Scandinavica, Section A - Animal Science. 70
, 1-12
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Farmers play a key role in conserving native livestock breeds, but without economic support, farms with native breeds may not be viable. We hypothesized that terminal crossbreeding can improve herd economy and decrease the economic support needed from society. Three scenarios were simulated using SimHerd Crossbred: a herd of purebred Swedish Polled Cattle, a herd of purebred Swedish Red, and a herd of 75% Swedish Polled Cattle and 25% F1 crossbreds. The results showed annual contribution margin per cow in the herd can be increased by euro181 by crossbreeding compared with pure-breeding with the native breed, giving a 13.6% growth in contribution margin. However, the needed cost in subsidies paid by the government will remain unchanged if the population size of the native breed is to be maintained. Combining a crossbreeding strategy with the marketing of niche products may facilitate the conservation of native cattle.
| Authors/Creators: | Clasen, Julie and Kargo, M. and Fikse, Freddy and Strandberg, Erling and Wallenbeck, Anna and Ostergaard, S. and Rydhmer, Lotta | ||||||
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| Title: | Conservation of a native dairy cattle breed through terminal crossbreeding with commercial dairy breeds | ||||||
| Series Name/Journal: | Acta Agriculturae Scandinavica, Section A - Animal Science | ||||||
| Year of publishing : | 2021 | ||||||
| Volume: | 70 | ||||||
| Page range: | 1-12 | ||||||
| Number of Pages: | 12 | ||||||
| ISSN: | 0906-4702 | ||||||
| Language: | English | ||||||
| Publication Type: | Research article | ||||||
| Article category: | Scientific peer reviewed | ||||||
| Version: | Published version | ||||||
| Copyright: | Creative Commons: Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 | ||||||
| Full Text Status: | Public | ||||||
| Subjects: | (A) Swedish standard research categories 2011 > 4 Agricultural Sciences > 402 Animal and Dairy Science > Animal and Dairy Science. | ||||||
| Keywords: | Crossbreeding, native breeds, dairy cattle, conservation | ||||||
| URN:NBN: | urn:nbn:se:slu:epsilon-p-109779 | ||||||
| Permanent URL: | http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:slu:epsilon-p-109779 | ||||||
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| ID Code: | 22732 | ||||||
| Faculty: | VH - Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science | ||||||
| Department: | (VH) > Dept. of Animal Environment and Health (VH) > Dept. of Animal Breeding and Genetics | ||||||
| Deposited By: | SLUpub Connector | ||||||
| Deposited On: | 10 Mar 2021 14:43 | ||||||
| Metadata Last Modified: | 22 Dec 2021 13:52 |
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