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Economic evaluation of the performance of purebred and crossbred dairy cattle under on-farm conditions in tropical northern Australia

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Kwabena A. Anaman
Department of Agriculture, University of Queensland, St Lucia, Queensland 4067, Australia
Susan L. McMeniman
Department of Agriculture, University of Queensland, St Lucia, Queensland 4067, Australia
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Bos indicus
Bos Taurus
Dairy cattle crossbreeds
Livestock economics
Tropical dairy production
Northern Australia

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Economic evaluation of the performance of purebred and crossbred dairy cattle under on-farm conditions in tropical northern Australia. (1990). Tropical Agriculture, 67(2). https://journals.sta.uwi.edu/ojs/index.php/ta/article/view/1753
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Abstract

On-farm production data form 1980-87 were used to determine the expected net present value of income from a milking cow during its lifespan for several breeds of dairy cattle in the Darwin area of the Northern Territory, Australia. The results indicate that the Australian- Friesian-Sahiwal (AFS) crossbreed produced that highest mean net income, following by the Holstein-Friesian (HF) purebreed. The other breeds considered were unprofitable under diverse economic conditions.
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