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Sino-Italian Scientific Cooperation in Beef Cattle Production. 1984 be in action. 1987 first calving of F1 . 1990 first calving of pure Piemontese by embryo transfer. The results showed the Piemontese is excellent and the Chinese government recognized it as the best breed of terminal sire for the i
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1. Proposal relative to creation of a genetic centre of Piemontese cattle breed in China Attilio Bosticco, Kaijun Guo, Ivo Zoccarato
Dipartimento di Scienze Zootecniche
Turin University
Attilio.bosticco@unito.it
7. Calves in the Genetic Centre in 2000-2004
10. Farm average size
11. Double attitudes Meat
Milk:
2000-2200 kg
Typical cheese
13. SERVICES FOR THE MEMBERS Farm chart: it reports the details of the herd, the coming events (calvings and inseminations) and some farm average.
General chart: a picture of the farm view from a genetic and managing point
Genetics of the animals and matings
Inbreeding chart
14. Other I-net services pedigree card and certificates for each animal
genetic indices
morphology
reproduction event
farm statistics to check the main genetic and fertility parameters (calving distance, still birth, etc.)
farm inbreeding
“Buta Bin” catalogue: with a graphic card for each bull with picture and data updated monthly.
16. Other possible cooperation fields Mitigating environment pollution
Developing aquaculture breed and feeding system
Improving the quality of animal products