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Managing Beef Cow Efficiency [PDF]
AN233, a 6-page illustrated fact sheet by Travis D. Maddock and G. Cliff Lamb, discusses three key points for managing beef cow efficiency — cow weight, milking potential, and body condition score. Includes references.
Travis D. Maddock, G. Cliff Lamb
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Automated Cow Body Condition Scoring Using Multiple 3D Cameras and Convolutional Neural Networks
Body condition scoring is an objective scoring method used to evaluate the health of a cow by determining the amount of subcutaneous fat in a cow. Automated body condition scoring is becoming vital to large commercial dairy farms as it helps farmers ...
Gary I. Summerfield +3 more
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INFLUENCE OF BODY CONDITION SCORE ON BLOOD METABOLITES AND OXIDATIVE STRESS IN PRE- AND POST-CALVING OF FRIESIAN DAIRY COWS IN EGYPT [PDF]
This experiment aimed to study the relation of body condition score (BCS) with blood metabolites in dairy cow. At 8 weeks before expected parturition, 90 multiparous Friesian dairy cows were divided according to their body condition score into 3 groups:
Mohamed El-Sharawy +4 more
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This study aims to analyze the linear size of the bodies of participated cow used in the progeny test of dairy cows in KAN Jabung, Malang, East Java. The material used consisted of 180 lactating cows emplyed as participated cows.
Rizka Larasati Laras +3 more
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Repeat breeding is a syndrome which affected the reproduction and production efficacy of dairy cattle. Dairy cow is one of an animals which produce milk. This syndrome may cause high economic losses in dairy cattle farm.
Pristian Devon Martyas Wahyuningrum +5 more
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The dependence of the reproductive qualities of beef-cows on the Body Condition Scoring [PDF]
A comparative assessment of the reproductive qualities of beef-cows of the Hereford and Kazakh white-headed breeds is given, depending on the Body Condition Scoring. In the scientific and economic experiment in three farms on 3 groups of cows of two breeds, the influence of Body Condition Scoring on the reproductive qualities of cows was studied.
Khakimov I.N. +4 more
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Body condition score and live-weight effects on milk production in Irish Holstein-Friesian dairy cows [PDF]
peer-reviewedThe objective of the present study was to quantify the relationships among body condition score (BCS; scale 1 to 5), live weight (WT) and milk production in Irish Holstein-Friesian spring calving dairy cows.
Buckley, Frank +2 more
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Evaluation of body condition score measured throughout lactation as an indicator of fertility in dairy cattle [PDF]
Body condition score (BCS) records of primiparous Holstein cows were analyzed both as a single measure per animal and as repeated measures per sire of cow.
Banos, G +6 more
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: Breeding strategies aim to reduce lameness in dairies by using predictor traits to increase the selection of dairy cows. This study enhanced the present knowledge about association between the claw conformations (CC), hindlimb conformation (HiLC), gait,
Ibrahim Akin +4 more
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Principal Descriptors of Body Condition Score in Holstein Cows
The objective of this study was to assess objectively the ability of observers to assess body condition of dairy cows. Four observers independently assigned a body condition score (five-point scale, .25 increments) and described the appearance of seven body regions of 225 Holstein cows.
J D, Ferguson, D T, Galligan, N, Thomsen
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