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Zebu over Dexter
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<blockquote data-quote="Little Cow" data-source="post: 1599852" data-attributes="member: 5507"><p>Not much commercial value if you sell crosses. Dexters are dual purpose and Mini Zebu, like their bigger counterparts, are low yield dairy. For beef, you lose the best traits of Dexters. Zebus give about a 30% yield on carcass, so not useful there. Why reduce the carcass yield by crossing? Zebus are too little and mature much later to be very useful for breeding. Dairy traits from the Dexter cows are already outstanding. Zebus are good milkers, too, but not much point in crossing them. Both have rich milk, but you lose the carcass yield from the crossbred steers.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Little Cow, post: 1599852, member: 5507"] Not much commercial value if you sell crosses. Dexters are dual purpose and Mini Zebu, like their bigger counterparts, are low yield dairy. For beef, you lose the best traits of Dexters. Zebus give about a 30% yield on carcass, so not useful there. Why reduce the carcass yield by crossing? Zebus are too little and mature much later to be very useful for breeding. Dairy traits from the Dexter cows are already outstanding. Zebus are good milkers, too, but not much point in crossing them. Both have rich milk, but you lose the carcass yield from the crossbred steers. [/QUOTE]
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