Beef Cattle Recording: Literature

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2. Andersen B B et al. 1981. Performance testing of bulls in AI: Report of a working group of the commission on cattle production. Livest. Prod. Sci. 8: 101-109.

3. Beef Improvement Federation Guidelines Brethour, J.R., 1994 Estimating marbling score in live cattle from ultrasound images using pattern recognition and neural network procedures. J. Anim. Sci. 72:1425-1432

4. Beef Improvement Federation. Guidelines for uniform beef improvement programs. 8th edition.

5. Blockey M A de B. 1976. Serving capacity – a measure of the serving efficiency of bulls during pasture mating. Theriogenology; 13: 353-356.

6. Blockey M A de B. 1981. Development of a serving capacity test for beef bulls, Appl. Anim. Ethol., 7: 307-319.

7. Chenoweth P. J. 1981. Libido and mating behaviour in bulls, boars and rams. A review. Theriogenology, 16: 155-177.

8. Chenoweth P. J. 1992. A new bull breeding soundness evaluation form. Proc. Ann. Meeting Soc. Theriogenology, 63.

9. Courot M. (Ed.) 1984. The male in farm animal reproduction. Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, Dordrecht, for the Commission of the European Communities.

10. Hanzen C., Laurent Y., Lambert E., Delsaux B. Ectors F; 1990. Etude épidémiologique de l’infécondité bovine. 2. L’évaluation des performances de reproduction. Ann. Méd. Vét., 134: 105 114.

11. Hassen, A., D.E. Wilson, V.R. Admin, and G.H. Rouse. 1999. Repeatability of Ultrasound-predicted percentage of intramuscular fat in feedlot cattle. J. Anim. Sci. 77:1335-1340.

12. Hassen, A., D.E. Wilson, V.R. Admin, G.H. Rouse, C.L. Hays 2001. Predicting percentage of intramuscular fat using two types of real-time ultrasound equipment. J.Anim. Sci. 79:11 18.

13. Herring, W.O., L.A. Kriese, J.K. Bertrand, and J. Crouch. 1998. Comparison of four real-time ultrasound systems that predict intramuscular fat in beef cattle. J. Anim. Sci. 76: 364-370.

14. ICAR – International Agreement of Recording Practice. 2003. Approved by the General Assembly held in Interlaken, Switzerland, on May 30 2002.

15. ISU, 1994. Real-time ultrasonic evaluation of beef cattle. Study Guide. Iowa State University. Department of Animal Science, Ames, IA.

16. Jansen P. 1985. Genetic aspects of fertility in dairy cattle based on analysis of AI data – A review with emphasis on areas for further research. Liv. Prod. Sc., 12: 1-12.

17. Kastelic B.J., Curran S., Pierson R.A., Ginther O.J. 1988. Ultrasonic evaluation of the bovine conceptus. Theriogenology, 29: 39-54.

18. Kräusslich H et al. 1974. General recommendations on procedures for performance and progeny testing for beef characteristics. Livest. Prod. Sci. 1: 33-45.

19. Lewis W H E and Allen D M. 1974. Performance testing for beef characteristics. Proc. 1st World Congress on Genetics Applied to Livestock Production. Madrid, Spain: 671-679.

20. Meredith M. J. (Ed.). 1995. Animal breeding and infertility. Blackwell Science, Oxford.

21. Nicholoson, M J and Butterworth, M H, 1985. A guide to condition scoring of zebu cattle. International Livestock Centre for Africa. Addis Ababa. Ethiopia.

22. Pearson, R A and Ouassat, M, 2000. A guide to live weight estimation and body condition scoring of donkeys. Centre for Tropical Medicine. University of Edinburgh. UK.

23. Philipsson J. 1981. Genetic aspects of female fertility in dairy cattle. Liv. Prod. Sc., 8: 307-319.

24. Proc. Internat. Workshop on Genetic Improvement of Functional Traits in Cattle; Fertility and reproduction, Grub, Germany. November, 1997. Interbull Bulletin N0. 18, 1998.

25. Van Niekerk, A and Louw, B P, 1990. Condition scoring of beef cattle. Natal Region. Department of Agricultural Development. Pietermaritzburg. South Africa.

26. Wilson, D.E., H.-U. Graser, G.H. Rouse and V. Amin. 1998. Prediction of carcass traits using live animal ultrasound. Proc. 6th WCGALP Vol 23: 61.