TERMINAL CROSSBREEDING OF BELGIAN BLUE WITH HOLSTEIN

Programme 2007 - 2013 France - Wallonia - Flanders (BE-FR)

Date of latest update: 2022-12-11

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Description (EN):

Following the testing started under INTERREG III in dairy-beef farms in France and Belgium, the second phase of the projects aims at assessing and identifying Blanc-Bleu bulls in the cross-border area that are genetically suited for cross-breeding. Indeed, both regions are complementary in terms of cross-breeding races: France contributes the necessary cows for testing, while Belgium provides the semen doses for artificial insemination. To objectify the advantages of the cross-bred Blanc-Bleu calves compared to Holstein calves in terms of fat, carcass and meat quality, their performance is monitored. Finally, an economic study confirms the profitability of cross-breeding Blanc-Bleu with Holstein cows in both cross-border regions.

Achievements (EN):

End of project results: - Set up of a common test programme to index (genetic evaluation) 54 bulls from 18,089 test inseminations and 4,405 monitored calves. - Annual publication of tested bull indexes for the farmers. - Monitoring of 3 samples on 10 Holstein calve carcasses and 10 cross-bred calve carcasses to compare the beef production properties of the cross-bred Blanc Bleu x Holstein products. - Computerisation of the recorded data through 2 encoded internet interfaces and creation of a web interface to collect the data from the cross-border regions. - Economic profitability study of the Blanc Bleu x Holstein cross-breeding. - 909 farms made aware of the project.

Website: http://www.interreg-fwvl.eu/fr/

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Partners (6)

Lead Partner: Hainaut Développement

Address: Boulevard Initialis, 22, 7000 MONS, Belgium

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Université de Liege - Faculté de Médecine Vétérinaire

Name: Université de Liege - Faculté de Médecine Vétérinaire

Address: 4000 LIEGE, Belgium

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Université de Liege - Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech

Name: Université de Liege - Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech

Address: 5030 GEMBLOUX, Belgium

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Association wallonne de l’élevage asbl

Name: Association wallonne de l’élevage asbl

Address: 5590 CINEY, Belgium

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Genes Diffusion

Name: Genes Diffusion

Address: 3595 Route de Tournai, 59501 DOUAI CEDEX, France

Legal status: public

Institut de l’élevage

Name: Institut de l’élevage

Address: 75595 PARIS CEDEX 12, France

Legal status: n/a

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Project name (EN): TERMINAL CROSSBREEDING OF BELGIAN BLUE WITH HOLSTEIN

Project acronym: CTBBH

Project start date: 2008-01-01

Project end date: 2012-06-30

Project status: closed

Total budget/expenditure: EUR 1 013 840.00

Total EU funding (amount): EUR 514 745.00

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2007 - 2013 France - Wallonia - Flanders (BE-FR)

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2014-02-01

No. of projects in keep.eu / Total no. of projects (% of projects in keep.eu)

196 / 196 (100%)

No. of project partnerships in keep.eu / Total no. of project partnerships (% of project partnerships in keep.eu)

913 / 913 (100%)

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TERMINAL CROSSBREEDING OF BELGIAN BLUE WITH HOLSTEIN

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