Keywords
Cattlemen's Day, 1987; Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station contribution; no. 87-309-S; Report of progress (Kansas State University. Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service); 514; Beef; Yearling bulls; Scrotal circumference; Breeding soundness
Abstract
Results from two trials showed that serving capacity (SC) can be successfully evaluated in yearling beef bulls under field conditions and is influenced by sire line (P<.01). Also, providing sexual experience to low SC yearling bulls can improve SC and should be a standard part of the test. Scrotal circumference and breeding soundness examination scores, both traditional measures of bull fertility, were unrelated to SC.
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76
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Recommended Citation
Boyd, G. and Corah, L.
(1987)
"Evaluating serving capacity of yearling beef bulls - A field trial,"
Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station Research Reports:
Vol. 0:
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https://doi.org/10.4148/2378-5977.2354
