Volume 15
Issue 2
Animal Husbandry
JOURNAL OF
POLISH
AGRICULTURAL
UNIVERSITIES
Available Online: http://www.ejpau.media.pl/volume15/issue2/abs-07.html
COMPARISON OF LIMOUSIN AND SIMMENTAL PRIMIPAROUS COWS BASED ON THE VARIABILITY OF AGE AT FIRST CALVING, BODY WEIGHT AND THE ANALYSIS OF THEIR GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT
Ewa Czerniawska-Pi徠kowska, Ma貪orzata Szewczuk, Ewa Choci這wicz, Natalia Konstancik
Department of Ruminant Science, West Pomeranian University of Technology in Szczecin
ABSTRACT
The aim of this study was to compare Limousin (195) and Simmental (326) primiparous cows based on the variability of age at first calving and body weight as well as to compare some fertility indices, lactation yield and selected zoometric measurements. The research was conducted on the farm located in the West Pomerania Province. Limousin primiparous cows had a significantly higher (P≤0.05) body weight than did Simmentals. Limousin individuals were characterized by an later age at first calving (P≤0.01). Calving interval (CI) was significantly (P≤0.01) shorter in Simmental females. Simmental animals were characterized by a significantly (P≤0.01) higher estimated lactation yield as well as significantly (P≤0.01) higher values of zoometric parameters (hip height and chest girth) compared with Limousin primiparous cows.
Key words: Limousin, Simmental, body weight, calving interval, age at first calving, zoometric measurements.
Ewa Czerniawska-Pi徠kowska
Department of Ruminant Science, West Pomeranian University of Technology in Szczecin
Doktora Judyma 10
71-460 Szczecin
Poland
email: Ewa.Czerniawska-Piatkowska@zut.edu.pl
Ma貪orzata Szewczuk
Department of Ruminant Science, West Pomeranian University of Technology in Szczecin
Doktora Judyma 10
71-460 Szczecin
Poland
Ewa Choci這wicz
Department of Ruminant Science, West Pomeranian University of Technology in Szczecin
Doktora Judyma 10
71-460 Szczecin
Poland
Natalia Konstancik
Department of Ruminant Science, West Pomeranian University of Technology in Szczecin
Szczecin, Poland
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