Survey data of rearing practices applied throughout the life of beef heifers from 45 mountain farms in France and main parameters of the related carcasses

Valérie Monteils; Cécile Sibra

doi:10.1016/j.dib.2022.107850

Survey data of rearing practices applied throughout the life of beef heifers from 45 mountain farms in France and main parameters of the related carcasses

Data Brief. 2022 Jan 20:41:107850. doi: 10.1016/j.dib.2022.107850. eCollection 2022 Apr.

Authors

Valérie Monteils¹, Cécile Sibra¹

Affiliation

¹ Université Clermont Auvergne, INRAE, VetAgro Sup, UMR Herbivores, 63122 St-Genès-Champanelle, France.

Abstract

This paper presents data of rearing practices collected by survey from 45 beef heifers breeders. All the breeders were members of 'Génisse Fleur d'Aubrac' protected geographical indication (PGI). The surveys were conducted face-to-face using a questionnaire which addressed the rearing practices applied throughout the animals' life. The animals' life was considered in 3 periods: suckling, growth and fattening periods. The rearing practices (n=105) addressed a wide range such as the dietary compositions in stall and on pasture, the duration of each life period and the age of heifers at each change, the prophylactic treatments, the birth and slaughter dates. Both quantitative and qualitative variables were used to characterise the management system. The parameters (n=7) of the carcasses produced (n=636) in these farms were collected from the only slaughterhouse of the PGI.

Keywords: Beef heifers management; Carcass characterisation; Rearing practices; Whole life; survey questionnaire.