How do you breed a cow to have high yields of creamy milk?

Answer 1

They use artificial selection. They select the best producing cows that give the most milk and breed them to bulls that have dams of the same quality to produce calves (or heifers) that exceed in milk productivity to their dams and grand-dams.

Answer 2

As the related question below explains, selective breeding is a tool that is used to improve one or more particular characteristics that is lacking or is inferior in a dam or sire to obtain offspring with that/those improved characteristic[s].

To improve milking ability in a dairy herd, cows are bred to a bull with a dam that has higher milking ability EPDs (Expected Progeny Differences: another word for genetic trait selection) than the cows do. The daughters that come from these cows with higher milking ability than the milking ability average of the herd are selected to be replacements in the dairy herd; the cows that have decreased in production or are low producers are culled. These daughters are further mated to other bulls that have improved milking ability characteristics to produce more daughters that have superior milking ability to them. And on it goes. Eventually the dairy farmer has a herd that is producing a lot of milk, thanks to genetic selection and selective breeding practices.

Answer 3

By selective breeding, when breeding a cow the farmer will choose a bull that will strengthen the characteristics of the cow. The offspring will be known as a Hybrid Vigor, meaning that they are more productive than the parents, this is how you breed for cattle that are high milk producers.

Answer 4

There is already a breed that has this quality you are looking for: the Jersey cow. Jerseys were selected over time for the highest butterfat milk by keeping those females that produce the creamiest milk and culling those cows that had less creamy milk.

Answer 5

Most of the time it's by Artificial Insemination.

Answer 6

artificial selection .

Answer 7

10-35 litter per day