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Recent Developments in Cattle Breeding Research in Eastern Europe, with Specific Reference to Hungary¹

Abstract

The European socialist countries have, in general, common interest and possibilities in developing their cattle production, which has a leading role in the field of animal production. The improvement of the productivity of cattle by selection and crossing is a very important task for building up modem large-scale farm system. For intensifying the cattle production and accelerating the genetic progress, modern selection methods (e.g., performance and progeny testing of bulls, selection of cows on the basis of the first lactation, etc.), as well as crossbreeding programs with U.S.A.-Canadian Holstein, Danish Jersey, Finnish Ayrshire and other high producing breeds are practiced. Commercial crossbreeding experiments with beef breeds (Charolais, Hereford, Limousine, Angus), as well as breeding of specialized "female lines" for beef production and their combination with "male lines" is in progress, on the basis of vertical and horizontal cooperation of large-scale production units. The COMECON member countries make great efforts to cooperate in the development of gene-pools and commonly used breeding systems. The investigation and integrated comparison of new cattle types and imported specialized breeds, for improving their productivity under large-scale conditions, will be continued. Research work in the field of the population — biochemical and behaviour genetics is going on.

¹ Presented as part of a Symposium, Animal Science Research in Some Eastern European Countries, July 31, 1974, during the 66th Annual Meeting of the A.S.A.S., at the University of Maryland, College Park.

² Research Institute for Animal Husbandry, 2053 Herceghalom, Hungary