Producción y reproducción de vacas lecheras Holstein puras y sus cruzamientos con Jersey y Montbéliarde en un sistema a pastoreo de Argentina

E. Frana Bisang; D. Pipino; E. Quercia; M. Picardi; P. R.  Marini

doi:10.30972/vet.3628505

Authors

E. Frana Bisang Cátedra de Producción de Bovinos Lecheros. Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias, Universidad Nacional de Rosario. Becario de Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET)
D. Pipino Actividad privada. Ucacha, Córdoba https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0028-0527
E. Quercia Actividad privada. Ucacha, Córdoba https://orcid.org/0009-0008-1117-4352
M. Picardi Unidad de Fitopatología y Modelización Agrícola, Instituto Nacional de Tecnologías Agropecuarias (INTA), Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8604-2540
P. R. Marini Cátedra de Producción de Bovinos Lecheros. Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias, Universidad Nacional de Rosario. Carrera del Investigador Científico CIC–UNR https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0826-0387

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.30972/vet.3628505

Keywords:

Days open, milk production, number of services, adaptation, grazing system

Abstract

Fertility is one of the key factors in efficient pasture-based systems. The objective of this study was to evaluate the productive and reproductive performance of different crossbreeds and dairy breeds in a commercial grazing dairy farm in the province of Santa Fe, Argentina. Retrospective data were analyzed for the period from August 1, 2017, to January 12, 2021 (41 months). The database consisted of 1,342 pure Holstein (HO) lactations (799 cows), 344 HO x Jersey (JY) crossbreed lactations (164 cows), 190 JY * Montbéliarde (MO) crossbreed lactations (96 cows), and 316 MO x HO (XB) crossbreed lactations (134 cows). The 305-day milk production results (PL305) for first parity showed that JY and HO were statistically different from the other groups (p<0.05). For second and third parity, JY and MO differed from XB and HO (p<0.05). The number of services per conception (NS/C) differed between HO and XB (p<0.05) and between JY and XB (p<0.05). HO and XB cows, except for the first lactation, showed similar performance and were superior to other crossbred groups in milk yield, demonstrating the individual production superiority of the Holstein genotype. Crossbred cows outperformed in reproductive traits, with HO x Jersey crosses being the most efficient.

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E. Frana Bisang, Cátedra de Producción de Bovinos Lecheros. Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias, Universidad Nacional de Rosario. Becario de Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET)

Cátedra de Producción de Bovinos Lecheros. Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias, Universidad Nacional
de Rosario. Becario de Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET)

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