Effect of cow replacement strategy on cow and calf performance in the beef herd

Two contrasting replacement strategies are used by Irish beef farmers to select replacement females – animals sourced from within the suckler beef herd and sourced from the dairy herd. The objective of this study was to investigate the effect of replacement strategy (i.e. beef v. beef×dairy (BDX)) o...

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Main Authors: S. McCabe, R. Prendiville, R. Evans, N.E. O’Connell, N. McHugh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2019-01-01
Series:Animal
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1751731118001660