French Limousin

angus

The soLuTion to maximise your

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crossbreeding

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The French Limousin...Limousin breed seLecTion in FrAnce > The most reliable breeding programme in the world

> 153.000 dams in performance testing

> Progeny testing on each sire distributed

A unique breeding progrAmmeSelection pressure taken to extreme lengths to achieve excellence :

eXceLLenceThe best genetics

in the world

reLiAbiLiTyAnimals with proven and

reliable potential

diversiTyA range of different bulls

which satisfy all expectations

Further to these results, only the best 5-6 bulls are chosen to become AI bulls

progeny TesTingWe are the only ones

to do it! No bull is distributed unless

his progeny has been tested on station.

With the on-station testing, the environmental

effects are controlled. What is measured is the real genetic potential of

our sires.

Selection on pedigree

On-farm qualification

Individual testing

25 daughters per bull are tested on station for their maternal qualities

(Calving ease, fertility, milk)

Hundreds of sons are tested on farm for their

beef abilities(Growth, conformation,

muscular development, fat)

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And you still keep the advantages of maternal qualities :

> High marbling level

> 100% polled animals

combine ALL The AdvAnTAges!Benefit from the exceptional qualities of the French Limousin breed :

> Moderately-sized calves which give very good calving ease

> Early-developing strong muscular and skeletal development

> Excellent conformation

> Very high carcass yield

> The highest feed efficiency of all the high production breeds

Carcass yield (%)

Carcass weight

(kg - lbs)

Ribeye area (inch2)

Limousin 63.4 330 728 13.4Angus 61.3 316 697 10.5

hoW much do you eArn ?The feed is the most expensive item in a livestock farm : think about feed efficiency

Crossing with the French Limousin enables you to save $13.5 in feed, for each 100kg of carcass

Feed economy obtained thanks to the French

Limousin in comparaison to the Angus, for 100kg

of carcass

Diet : (from weaning to slaughter)

- 3.00Mcal of metabolisable energy (ME) / Kg of dry matter

- $140 / tonne

Angus LimousinCrossed

Dry matter intake (kg/j)

Metabolisable energy intake

(MJ/j)

Feed conversion

ratio

Limousine 9.8 121.2 6.46Angus 11.4 142.2 7.4

Calculate now the savings you will make by using a terminal cross!

minimise cosTs To mAXimise your proFiTs

(average carcass weight in kg)

(savings in feed)

(total profit per year)

(number of fattened animals /year)

The perfecT recipe To aTTracT The purchasers’ eye !

Homogenous polled groups, with excellent conformation...

limousin x red angus

...For crossing on Angus

Source : Technical Bulletin Number 1875, U.S. Meat Animal Research

Source : Phenotypic and genetic parameters for different measures of feed efficiency in different breeds of Irish performance-tested beef bulls, J. J. Crowley et al.

EVOLUTION International

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+33 (0)2 99 85 21 40 international@evolution-xy.fr

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