Dual purpose cattle production in Mexico |
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Authors: | R Rojo-Rubio J F Vázquez-Armijo P Pérez-Hernández G D Mendoza-Martínez A Z M Salem B Albarrán-Portillo A González-Reyna J Hernández-Martínez S Rebollar-Rebollar D Cardoso-Jiménez E J Dorantes-Coronado J G Gutierrez-Cedillo |
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Institution: | 1. Centro Universitario UAEM Temascaltepec, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México, Km. 67.5 Carretera Federal Toluca-Tejupilco, C.P. 51300, Temascaltepec, México, México 2. Campus Veracruz, Colegio de Postgraduados, Tepetates, Veracruz, 91700, México 3. División de Ciencias Biológicas y de la Salud, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana - Unidad Xochimilco, México D. F., 04960, México 4. Department of Animal Production, Faculty of Agriculture, Alexandria University, El-Shatby, Alexandria, 21526, Egypt 5. Unidad Académica Multidisciplinaria Agronomía y Ciencias, Universidad Autónoma de Tamaulipas, Cd. Victoria, Tamaulipas, 87149, México
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Abstract: | Cattle production is one of the most important livestock activities in the rural areas of Mexico, with most of the national
territory dedicated to it, in addition to the use of the most agricultural supplies and forages resources, as well as agricultural
and agro-industrial by-products. Mexico is placed among the ten first meat and milk producer countries worldwide, being the
Mexican tropical zone one of the main suppliers of such products. One of the main milk sources is the dual purpose cattle,
such systems can be described as those that produce milk (daily milking) and meat (calf after weaning), on every productive
cycle. They are mainly located in developing regions and characterized by using low-technology and in poor environments, consequently
productive levels are considered low. Milk is destined for self-consumption or for sale at local markets and calf after weaning
is sold at local feedlots or for export. Regarding to the little information available about the dual purpose systems, the
present work is intended to discuss the main characteristics of cattle production in dual purpose systems in Mexico. |
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Keywords: | Dual purpose cattle Milk production Calf production Mexico |
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