SELECTING BREED

By
Eddy Purwanto, S.Pt.
SMK Negeri 1 Trucuk Klaten
Competence of skill : Ruminant Agribusiness

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a. Ras cattle
b. Nature of genetic
c. Eksterior
d. Health

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The characteristics of superior
breed
1. Chosen from the nation's beef popular in
accordance with the purpose / type of
cow
2. Appropriate maintenance purposes,
have a good genetic nature, such as
growth and meat milk results, easy to
adapt to the environment and feed
3. Appropriate form of external criteria
4. Selected from healthy cows
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The characteristics of the beef cattle from eksterior

a. Length and body size

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b. Lateral growth length
c. Rectangular form of
the body

d. The growth of the body of the front,

middle, and back of the suit, the body
top and bottom line
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e.Round until full circle
to include beef
f. Chest wide and
prominent, and in the
future
g. Big feet, short and
robust

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 The characteristics of healthy
cattle
a. Conditions
 - The body contains, the skin supple, easily
folded and return
b. Attitudes and behavior of cattle
- Sturdy, all four feet point gain weight same
time, cattle sensitive to the environment.
c. Breathing quietly and regularly
- 30 calf / minute, 10 adult cows - 30 / min.
d. Appetite and drinking, and high ruminate quietly.
e. View of bright and sharp.

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livestock breed selection based
on

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A. Selections based on the type
1. Type beef cattle with characteristics:
a. Physique: rectangular / rounded cylinder, the body of
the front, middle and back of the strong growth, the
body top and bottom line.
b. Thick skin.
c. Circumstances chest: the chest and head in the wide,
prominent fore.
d. The state of meat: muscular flesh is strong and solid.
e. Feet short.
f. Quick adults.
g. High feed efficiency

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2. Dairy type
a. Wide bodies such as the wedge to the back
or saw.
b. Mammary system and form of both
symmetrical and nipple.
c. Feed efficiency for milk production is high.
d. Are good and gentle.
e. Back straight.
f. Stomach does not hang up.
g. Big stomach capacity.

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3. Worker type
a. Better a male.
b. Well big and strong perototan
with a strong, big stomach,
chest and in width.
c. Free movement of members
of the body.
d. Are calm and docile.
e. Strong back legs, nail the
meeting, and the four vertical
legs have the same emphasis.
f. The state of the shoulders
and neck and a short
development gelambir good.
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B. Pedigree selection
 seen from data recording
Views of data, among others:
1. What about his father, whom mother.
2. based on his production notes that both the
beef, milk, or the number of child was born,
weight of children at the time of birth,
resilience against disease, etc..
3. With a note / card this breeder will be more
easy to governance quality.

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Inside the card is that it should be noted: the
name of a cow, the cow, sex, name and type
of parent / father

Sample card for cow :

Name cow : ... ....
Nation's cattle: ... .... No. Reg. : ... ....
Sex : ... ... castrati / does not: ...

Bull Name : ... .. No. Reg. : ... ..

Parent Name : ... ... No. Reg: ... ..
Date of birth : ... ...

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C. Judging and measurement
1. livestock observation from long distance
a. groups of cattle with the observation distance of
approximately 6 meters. The goal is to obtain
some of the cattle to be the choice.
b. conducted on each of the animals carefully from
a short distance.
c. take the cattle that are observed carefully in
order to close earlier rise / move / stand.

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2. Observation of Livestock Near Distance
      a. Observation of the Side Direction.

Good Bed
Note whether
1). body size large or small.
2). the body in addition to the start of what looks
harmonious, symmetrical, compact and contain.

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3). seen in the chest or shallow
4). under the constitution and see whether the
top line. Or gilik shaped or uneven.
5). whether neck Short, long and thick or thin
6). whether the form of straight strong legs,
short or long and small
7). cow fur smooth or rough

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b. The direction of the front Observation

a. good b. bed

Watch the:
1) whether the face of livestock short of the face,
forehead width, nostril width or length of small

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2). the shoulder is wide, rounded and
harmonious, or narrow, small and lightweight
3). body whether narrow or wide
4). front foot is strong and upright or weak

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c. Observation of Back Direction

a. Cow good value b. Value ugly cow

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 look at part
1). The body front and back. whether the
wide, narrow or harmony
2). The top of the body. seen whether the
wide, flat, or vice versa
3). Thigh. seen whether the average or small
straight, curved
4). The state of the body. seen whether the
wide, deep, flat, contain, or compact
narrow
5). Foot position. seen whether strong or
weak and strong
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d. Palpability

1). palpability through flimsiness,

density and soft skin and fatty
2). the lateral
3). the transversus processus
4). the field of shoulder

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5) Observation based rib is visible.
 with the view that the number of
rib visible, it is said that when the
lean part of the rib more than 8
units appear to darken the skin
behind.

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1. Selecting calf among potential:

FH Calf

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FH Calf

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a. legs strong and solid.
b. selinder rounded body.
c. healthy.
d. clean and shining
eyes.
e. body size in length and
contain.
f. not disability.
g. normal genitalia.
h. appetite is high.

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a. legs strong and solid.
b. selinder rounded body.
c. berpenyakitan not healthy.
d. clean and shining eyes.
e. body size in length and
contain.
f. not disability.
g. normal genitalia.
h. normal mammary.

i. appetite is high.
  

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a. come from mother that produce tall milk water,
b. head and neck a little long, sharp shoulder, body enough long,
back and flat hip, breast in and wide hip,
c. distance between second hind foot and second foreleg enough
wide,
d. growth udder and good bipple,
e. bipple total at the most 4 and symmetrical the location
f. well and not defect.

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a. tall milk production,
b. age 3,5-4,5 year and ever yean
c. come from mother and stud that has tall milk
production breed
d. the body form likes wedge
e. the eye shines, straight back, good head form,
foreleg distance or hind foot enough wide with
strong foot
f. Udder big enough joining in when feeled soft,
soft skin,, vena milk many, long and devious,
milk bipple at the most 4, situated in
symmetrical parallelogram and not too short
g. body wells and not as contagion porter and per
annum yean.

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