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research article

Performance indexing for beef cattle

authors

J. T. Elings, University of California

publication information

California Agriculture 22(12):7-7. DOI: 10.3733/ca.v022n12p7. December 1968.

author affiliations

J. T. Elings is Extension Animal Scientist, University of California, Davis.

abstract

A performance index developed for beef herds enrolled in the California Beef Cattle Improvement Association provides a good estimate of an individual cow's future production potential, based on past production records-whether for one calf or for several.