Current opportunities and challenges in the implementation and recognition of Polish red breed cattle beef production

ABSTRACT

This review has described factors affecting a particular situation in Poland, current opportunities and challenges in the implementation and recognition of Polish red cattle (PRC) as beef production. This knowledge may be are an essential tool as part of strategic planning in this context. PRC are one of the few red cattle breeds indigenous in Europe. Several desirable features characterize them: high disease resistance, good health and fertility, longevity, the nutritional value of milk and meat and disadvantageous - very low milk productivity. Currently, by implementing the new - meat direction of PRC, breeders who keep this breed for dairy purposes do not experience problems with selling cattle suckers for further breeding for meat purposes, which is financially reasonable.

KEYWORDS:

• Implementation
• beef
• production
• Polish red cattle

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Funding

The Education and Science Ministry supported this work under Grant [number DWD3/53/2019]. Furthermore, this research was carried out as a part of ‘Implementation Doctorate’ released at Warsaw University Life Science, Institute of Animal Science in 2019–2023 (under the initiative of the Polish Association of Breeders and Producers of Beef Cattle -ABPBC). Institute of Animal Science, Warsaw University of Life Sciences.