Twinning In Cattle
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Dr. Farin
ANS 220 3
Due to the continual fluctuation of the cattle market cattle producers
have been searching for ways to improve their production and increase their
profits any way possible. For years genetic engineers have been working hard on
improving economic efficiency in cattle. It is thei ....
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.... necessary ;however, that the producer be well
educated on how to handle twinning, in order for it to be successful for them.
Many agencies see twinning as an economic move upward. The American
Breeder Service has made efforts to produce semen as well as embryos with high
predicted breeding values available to producers. They have been recorded based
on twinning probabilities and ovulation rates. A large amount of work on
twinning has also been done by the Meat and Animal Research Center. Since ....
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