Comments on optimization of cattle breeding schemes beef breeds for suckling herds. A review.docVIP

COMMENTS ON OPTIMIZATION OF CATTLE BREEDING SCHEMES : BEEF BREEDS FOR SUCKLING HERDS 1() A REVIEW Station de Génétique quantitative et appliquie, Centre national de Recherches zootechniques, I. N. R. A., 78350 Jouy en Josas (France) Optimization of selection of beef breeds for suckling herds is little developed withm the European Economic Community (E.E.C.) because of the small proportion of suckling cows and the very different systems of management of the latter. These various situations of selection are defined by the female populations involved and their genetic improvement objec