Does the use of Beef-on-Dairy lead to increased longevity in dairy herds?

The genetic progress of longevity in Holsteins has been very strong over the last years; however, the phenotypic longevity only increases moderately. It is often argued that this discrepancy between genetic and phenotypic longevity can mainly be explained with the availability of too many replacemen...

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Main Authors: L. Hüneke, C. Schmidtmann, S. Rensing, G. Thaller, J. Heise
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2025-07-01
Series:Animal
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1751731125001545
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