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单词 herd improver
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herd improver
8. A domestic animal, esp. a breeding male, which is considered to improve the genetic stock of a herd or breed. Frequently as final element, as breed improver, herd improver.
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1861 Farmer's Mag. July 188 He makes frequent allusion to this bull as his great herd improver.
1919 Duroc Digest 15 Dec. 157/2 He [sc. the herd boar] is a real breed improver and Mr. Moser is very fortunate in securing such a herd boar for the benefit of his many customers.
1978 Integrity Frozen Spermatozoa 170 Because of the upward genetic trend in the cattle industry, a bull that was an outstanding herd improver 10 yr ago tends to be a very average bull today.
2007 Anthropol. Today 23 5/2 If the genetic evaluation of the descending line is satisfactory, the bull is accepted as a ‘breed improver’ and its semen is marketed.
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