Studies on replacement rate, Productive herd life, longevity,selective value and their components in different Indian and crossbred cattle-A review
Introduction The relative contribution of female offspring to the subsequent generation is related to lifetime calf production and is an individual’s selective value. Planning, running, and assessing breeding programs and maximizing dairy farms’ profitability require knowledge of selective values and their constituent parts. For the genetic advancement of the animals, knowledge of gene diversity in replacement rate, …