Title:	Milk recording as an indispensable procedure to assure milk quality.
Authors:	DÜRR, J. W. RIBAS, N. P. COSTA, C. N. HORST, J. A. BONDAN, C.
Affiliation:	JOÃO WALTER DÜRR, Interbull Centre; NEWTON POHL RIBAS, UFPR; CLAUDIO NAPOLIS COSTA, CNPGL; JOSÉ AUGUSTO HORST, Associação Paranaense de Criadores de Bovinos da Raça Holandesa; CARLOS BONDAN, Universidade de Passo Fundo.
Date Issued:	2011
Citation:	Revista Brasileira de Zootecnia, v. 40, p. 76-81, 2011.
Description:	Brazilian milk production has increased significantly in the past two decades, but a good part of the dairy farms do not present yet the degree of specialization needed to assure the quality standard internationally accepted. This professionalization of the dairy sector depends on the establishment of services of performance recording and technical assistance to farmers, similarly to what is done in countries with more developed dairy chains. Performance data bases are the essential tool for optimal herd management practices, for dairy cattle genetic evaluation programs, for animal and dairy products traceability programs and for the strategic planning of the dairy business as a whole.
NAL Thesaurus:	dairy cattle herd improvement
Keywords:	Records of performance
Type of Material:	Artigo de periódico
Access:	openAccess
Appears in Collections:	Artigo em periódico indexado (CNPGL)