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.
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
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Boyd, G. & Corah, L., (1987) “Evaluating serving capacity of yearling beef bulls - A field trial”, Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station Research Reports 1(1), 71-76. doi: https://doi.org/10.4148/2378-5977.2354
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