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Pastures, calf production and carcass weights of reindeer calves in the Oraniemi co-operative, Finnish Lapland

Rangifer, 1992
The effects of climatic and density-dependent factors on calf production and carcass weights of reindeer calves were studied between the years 1965-87 in the Oraniemi co-operative, Finnish Lapland (67°50´N). The Oraniemi area is divided into five pasture
Jouko Kumpula, Mauri Nieminen
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Danish holsteins favor bull offspring: biased milk production as a function of fetal sex, and calving difficulty. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2015
In a previous study from 2014 it was found that US Holstein cows that gave birth to heifer calves produced more milk than cows having bull calves. We wanted to assess whether this is also true for Danish cattle.
Kaare Græsbøll, Carsten Kirkeby, Søren Saxmose Nielsen, Lasse Engbo Christiansen   +3 more
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Eccentric calf muscle exercise produces a greater acute reduction in Achilles tendon thickness than concentric exercise [PDF]

, 2009
Objective: To investigate the acute effects of isolated eccentric and concentric calf muscle exercise on Achilles tendon sagittal thickness. Design: Within-subject, counterbalanced, mixed design. Setting: Institutional.
Wearing, S.C., Smeathers, J.E., Grigg, N.L.   +2 more
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How neonatal diet affects the long-term development of rumination behavior, rumen fermentation and feed digestion in dairy calves fed a high milk level?

Animal Nutrition
This study was to investigate growth performance, rumination development, rumen fermentation and feed digestion in young calves provided high volumes (about 20% of calf birth weight) of milk with or without forage inclusion and how these parameters ...
Jianxin Xiao, Tianyu Chen, Rong Peng, Gibson M. Alugongo, Hui Yang, Shuai Liu, Yulin Ma, Jingjun Wang, Shengli Li, Zhijun Cao   +9 more
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A conceptual model of cow-calf systems functioning on native grasslands in a subtropical region

Animal, 2023
Cow-calf systems utilise grazing of native grasslands for beef cattle propagation and constitute the principal livestock activity in the Pampas and Campos areas.
I. Paparamborda, S. Dogliotti, P. Soca, W.A.H. Rossing   +3 more
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ECONOMICS ANALYSIS OF OPTIMAL MILK PRODUCTION IN SMALL-SCALE DAIRY FARMING IN YOGYAKARTA, INDONESIA

JEJAK: Jurnal Ekonomi dan Kebijakan, 2015
Dairy farm, which produces calf and milk jointly, is expected to raise household’s income in rural areas where potential resources are available. This study aims at examing the optimal production of milk and calf by estimating a relationship between both
Himawan Arif, Yanuar Rachmansyah
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Epidemiology of bovine colostrum production in New York Holstein herds: Cow, management, and environmental factors

Journal of Dairy Science, 2023
: Adequate supply of high-quality colostrum is essential for calf health. Colostrum production, at first milking, varies between animals and seasons, but herd-level and management associations with colostrum production have not been well described.
T.A. Westhoff, S.J. Womack, T.R. Overton, C.M. Ryan, S. Mann   +4 more
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Prevalence of, and risk factors associated with, perinatal calf mortality in pasture-based Holstein-Friesian cows [PDF]

, 2008
peer-reviewedRecent publications indicate that the prevalence of perinatal mortality has increased in some dairy industries and an increased proportion of this loss is not associated with the traditional risk factors for perinatal mortality.
Mee, John F, Cromie, A. R., J.F. Mee, D.P. Berry, A.R. Cromie, Berry, Donagh   +5 more
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Divergence for residual feed intake of Holstein-Friesian cattle during growth did not affect production and reproduction during lactation

Animal, 2016
Residual feed intake (RFI) is the difference between actual and predicted dry matter intake (DMI) of individual animals. Recent studies with Holstein-Friesian calves have identified an ~20% difference in RFI during growth (calf RFI) and these groups ...
K.A. Macdonald, B.P. Thomson, G.C. Waghorn   +2 more
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Genetic parameters of colostrum and calf serum antibodies in Swedish dairy cattle

Genetics Selection Evolution, 2022
Background A sufficient IgG content in the colostrum is essential for the newborn calf, as it provides passive immunity which substantially affects the probability of survival during rearing.
Juan Cordero-Solorzano, Dirk-Jan de Koning, Madeleine Tråvén, Therese de Haan, Mathilde Jouffroy, Andrea Larsson, Aline Myrthe, Joop A. J. Arts, Henk K. Parmentier, Henk Bovenhuis, Jonas Johansson Wensman   +10 more
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