Effect of Heifer Frame Score on Growth, Fertility, and Economics

Effect of Heifer Frame Score on Growth, Fertility, and Economics

A non-traditional forage-based protocol was employed to evaluate replacement heifer growth, fertility, and economics between small frame (SF, 3.50; n = 50) and large frame (LF, 5.56; n = 50) heifers using three increasing gain growth phases. Preceding an 85 d growing-breeding period (Phase 3; P3) th...

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Main Authors: S. Şentürklü, D. G. Landblom, G. A. Perry, T. Petry
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Asian-Australasian Association of Animal Production Societies 2015-01-01
Series:Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
Subjects:
Beef Heifer
Heifer Production Economics
Fertility
Frame Score
Increasing Energy Management
Percent Mature Body Weight
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