Evaluation of crossbreeding strategies for improved adaptation and productivity in African smallholder cattle farms.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Crossbreeding is successfully implemented worldwide to improve animal productivity and adaptability. However, recurrent failures of crossbreeding programmes in African countries imply the need to design effective strategies for the predominant smallholder production systems.

Methods

A comprehensive simulation procedure mimicked body weight (BW_L) and tick count (TC_L) incidence in a local taurine cattle breed and in an exotic indicine beef cattle breed (BW_E and TC_E, respectively). The two breeds were crossed to produce F1 and rotational animals. Additionally, synthetic breeds were created by applying four schemes defined as farm bull (FB), intra-village bull (IVB), exchanged-village bull (EVB), and population-wide bull (PW

SUBMITTER: Vanvanhossou SFU 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11844127 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature