Abstract
The results of main and short papers on the productivity of crosses between domestic and prolific breeds presented in Zürich in 1976 have been summarized according to the important reproduction and production traits. Fertility, prolificacy, mortality rate, litter size born and weaned, ovulation rate, accelerated and out-of-season lambing, milk production, growth and carcass traits were analysed. More attention has been paid to the reproduction traits, because of their importance in crossbreeding with prolific breeds. For all analysed traits the amount of heterosis has been estimated from various information sources: midparent value, F 1, F 2, B 1 (backcrosses), one of the parent breeds. The use of prolific breeds mostly leads to an improvement in the reproductive characters. The breed differences are decisive for all traits. The reproduction traits generally show higher heterosis effects than the production traits, but this statement cannot be held as a rule. For international comparisons in future the traits must be standardized.
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