Genetics
The Proof is in the Genetics
Since the first Limousin cattle were
imported into the United States the
breed has impacted the beef industry.
The breed’s superior efficiency in turning
feed and forage to pounds of beef made
it a mainstay in profit-minded breeding
systems and continues to do so today.
A strong commitment in continued
breed improvement by members of the
North American Limousin Foundation
has created cattle that are relevant in a
changing industry. The North American
Limousin Foundation is a partner of
International Genetic Solutions, which
provides the largest multi-breed genetic
evaluation in the world for international
cattle evaluation and the development
of EPDs. Never in history has there been
such a wide array of genetic material
evaluated under one roof. Calving ease
and calf vigor are traits upon which the
Limousin breed was founded on in this
country. The Limousin breed remains a
calving ease leader. Limousin influenced
females are unsurpassed in terms
of stayability and lifetime maternal
productivity. NALF was the first breed
association to create a docility EPD,
allowing both breeders and commercial
producers a selection tool for this trait.
Using Limousin and Lim-Flex makes
economic sense. Heterosis and breed
complementarity are powerful forces
that combine to produce the total
crossbred advantage of beef cattle
crossbreeding. This crossbred advantage
can amount to as much as 25 percent
greater lifetime productivity (pounds
of calf weaned per cow exposed)
for crossbred cows as compared to
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Loss of heterosis shows up in the same
lowly heritable traits that would be
associated with inbreeding depression,
namely reproductive, fitness and
longevity traits. Thus, the price paid for
loss of heterosis occurs as a number of
very small losses that when added up
can amount to a substantial sacrifice
in lifetime productivity (25%). I
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straightbred cows. Some commercial
cow herds have drifted towards
straightbred herds in an attempt to
achieve management simplicity, greater
uniformity in their cattle, and to pursue
a premium (noncommodity) product.
The result of this shift is the loss of most
of the heterosis that once existed in
many of our commercial cow herds.
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