Body Morphometric Characterization in Conjunction with Reproductive Performance of Bali and Bali Cross Cattle in Indonesia

Abstract

B ali Cattle (Bos javanicus) is Indonesian indigenous cattle originated from Bali Island, Indonesia but spread over the archipelago. They are small-sized meat-type cattle that are known to be highly adaptable to harsh con-ditions and low quality feed resources (Mohamad et al., 2012;Sutarno and Setyawan, 2016). However, a previous study found that Bali Cattle reared outside Bali Island mostly have smaller body weights than those reared in Bali (Widyas et al., 2017). To improve the production performance, in several areas outside Bali, crossbreeding is ap-