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Productive qualities of Simmental and Holstein × Simmental crossbred steers

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On crossing Simmental cows with Holstein bulls, preslaughter weight, raw hide weight, carcass weight, and dressing percentage increased compared with the indices of Simmental bulls. Meatiness and muscling of the thigh were higher.

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Original Russian Text © G.I. Bel’kov, V.A. Panin, 2011, published in Doklady Rossiiskoi Akademii Sel’skokhozyaistvennykh Nauk, 2011, No. 4, pp. 45–46.

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Bel’kov, G.I., Panin, V.A. Productive qualities of Simmental and Holstein × Simmental crossbred steers. Russ. Agricult. Sci. 37, 330–332 (2011). https://doi.org/10.3103/S1068367411040021

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