EFFECT OF THE COUNTRY OF ORIGIN ON LINEAR TYPE TRAITS IN ABERDEEN ANGUS COWS
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linear type traits, meat cattle, Aberdeen Angus, countryAbstract
The aim of the present study was to investigate the effects of the country of origin on linear type traits in Aberdeen Angus cows.
A linear type traits assessment was performed with 70 cows from the Aberdeen Angus breed in relation to the country of origin of animals – Bulgaria, Austria, Lithuania, Romania, Czech Republic, Germany and UK. The evaluation was done on a scale from 1 to 9 (according to instructions of the ICAR, 2018) for general traits as follows: type, muscularity and skeleton. The highest scores for type, musculature and skeleton, were established for cows in Lithuania and the UK. Animals originating from these two countries are distinguished by a wider chest, correct leg set, and good fore udder attachment. The animals reared in Bulgaria are outlined with high scores, the likely reason for which is that most farms use world-class genetics and are the result of long years of selection.
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