bball":6tejsk4x said:
ANAZAZI":6tejsk4x said:
Crossing a "muscle breed" with a "fat breed" is usually a good idea for a slaughter animal. Limousine put more muscle on almost all breeds, it also brings growth and feed efficiency.
There is also more heterosis with Angus x Limousine than with for example Angus and Shorthorn, because of the greater genetic distance between the breeds.
What other breeds do you consider muscle breeds? Limo, Char, being obvious ones? Always considered simm, shorthorn, dex to be multi purpose . Thanks
Obvious muscle breeds are Blonde d'acuitaine, Piedmontese, Limousine, Parthenais, Belgian blue, Bazadais and so on. I shows when you see the animal. Then there are of course all degrees from there.
What I called "fat breeds" are most of the english breeds, most dairy cattle and the known extreme the wagyu.
Now pick one of the breeds from the first group and one from the second group, cross them and have a slaughter animal with the best of both worlds. A complimentary effect. Or choose cattle more in the middle like the above mentioned Simmenthaler and Gelbvieh, there are of course more breeds in the middle.