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RIOS-UTRERA, Ángel; HERNANDEZ-HERNANDEZ, Víctor Delio; VILLAGOMEZ AMEZCUA-MANJARREZ, Eugenio  y  ZARATE-MARTINEZ, Juan Prisciliano. Milkyield of Simmental x Zebu and Brown Swiss x Zebucows in tropical climate. Agron. Mesoam [online]. 2015, vol.26, n.1, pp.17-25. ISSN 2215-3608.

The objective of the present study was to determine the milk yield of Simmental-Zebu and Brown Swiss-Zebu cows with different proportions of Bos taurus genes. The study was carried out from 1985 to 2007 at thethe Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Forestales, Agrícolas y Pecuarias, Playa Vicente researchstation (Veracruz, Mexico). The site presents a humid tropical climate. Milk yield records of Simmental x Zebu and Brown Swiss x Zebu cow swith different proportions of Bos taurus genes (50, 62.5 or 75%) were analyzed. The cows were maintained in rotational grazing of thein troduced pastures: Stargrass (Cynodon plectostachyus) and Guinea (Panicum maximum), and were milked twice a day, after a restricted sucklingby their calves. Calves were weaned at 210 days of age. The statistical model included the fixe deffects of breedgroup, year of calving, season of calving, lactation number, and lactationlength as a linear covariate; in addition, themodelincluded sire of the cow within breed group as a random effect. The lactation length of Brown Swissx Zebu cows was greater (P<0.05) than that of Simmental x Zebu cows. Milk yield per lactation, per day and per calving interval of Simmental x Zebu and Brown Swiss x Zebu cows were similar. Third-parity cows yielded more milk (P<0.001) per lactation, per day and per calving interval than first- and second-parity cows. Second-parity cows yielded more milk (P<0.001) per lactation, per day and per calving interval than first-parity cows.

Palabras clave : milk production; Bos taurus; Bos indicus; multipurpose breeds; crossbreeding.

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