Cows with a slick hide (shorter and smoother hair) are able to better cope with high temperatures (see also page 7). For this reason, the number of sires with the slick gene globally is on the rise. Since there has been little selection for the slick gene so far, the indexes of slick sires are not yet very high. In the Netherlands, KI Samen has dec...
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