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Dual purpose cattle production in Mexico
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ROJO RUBIO, ROLANDO; 25090
Vázquez Armijo, José Fernando; 44690
PEREZ HERNANDEZ, PONCIANO; 25458
MENDOZA MARTINEZ, GERMAN DAVID; 1850
Zeidan Mohamed Salem, Abdelfattah; 274697
ALBARRAN PORTILLO, BENITO; 38295
GONZALEZ REYNA, ARNOLDO; 209551
Hernández Martínez, Javier; 33889
REBOLLAR REBOLLAR, SAMUEL; 122410
CARDOSO JIMENEZ, DANIEL; 344496
DORANTES CORONADO, ERNESTO JOEL; 272097
Gutiérrez Cedillo, Jesús Gastón; 43762
ROJO RUBIO, ROLANDO
Vázquez Armijo, José Fernando
PEREZ HERNANDEZ, PONCIANO
MENDOZA MARTINEZ, GERMAN DAVID
Zeidan Mohamed Salem, Abdelfattah
ALBARRAN PORTILLO, BENITO
GONZALEZ REYNA, ARNOLDO
Hernández Martínez, Javier
REBOLLAR REBOLLAR, SAMUEL
CARDOSO JIMENEZ, DANIEL
DORANTES CORONADO, ERNESTO JOEL
Gutiérrez Cedillo, Jesús Gastón
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Resumen
Cattle production is one of the most important livestock activities in the rural areas of Mexico, with most of the national territory dedicated to it, in addition to the use of the most agricultural supplies and forages resources, as well as agricultural and agro-industrial by-products. Mexico is placed among the ten first meat and milk producer countries worldwide, being the Mexican tropical zone one of the main suppliers of such products. One of the main milk sources is the dual purpose cattle, such systems can be described as those that produce milk (daily milking) and meat (calf after weaning), on every productive cycle. They are mainly located in developing regions and characterized by using low-technology and in poor environments, consequently productive levels are considered low. Milk is destined for self-consumption or for sale at local markets and calf after weaning is sold at local feedlots or for export. Regarding to the little information available about the dual purpose systems, the present work is intended to discuss the main characteristics of cattle production in dual purpose systems in Mexico.