Conference proceedings article
Comparison of native and commercial dairy breeds on organic farms in five European countries
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Authors: | Bieber, A.; Spengler Neff, A.; Fuerst-Waltl, B.; Ivemeyer, S.; Simantke, C.; Stricker, C.; Walczak, J.; Wallenbeck, A.; Winckler, C.; Wojcik, P. |
Editor: | EAAP |
Edition name or number: | 1 |
Publisher: | Wageningen Academic Publisher |
Place: | Wageningen, NL |
Publication year: | 2016 |
Pages range : | 307 |
Book title: | Book of Abstracts of the 67th Annual Meeting of the European Federation of Animal Science, Belfast, UK, 29 August - 2 September 2016 |
Title of series: | Book of abstracts |
Number in series: | 22 |
ISBN: | 978-90-8686-284-9 |
eISBN: | 978-90-8686-830-8 |
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Abstract
Local and commercial dairy breeds form organic farms were compared regarding production traits, direct health traits and health associated functional or conformation traits. Preliminary results revealded lower milk yield for local breeds, but in many cases better fertility. Analysis of useful lifetime indicates a superiority of locals breeds for this traits, whereas commercial breeds showed a higher lifetime production.
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