Bodyweights and growth rates of spring- and autumn-born thoroughbred horses raised on pasture

New Zealand Veterinary Journal

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 326-331

  Brown Douglas, C G ^a   Parkinson, T J ^a   Firth, E C ^a   Fennessy, P F ^b  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b ABACUSBIO LIMITED   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Bodyweight; Growth rate; Horse; Out of season foaling; Thoroughbred

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HORSE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PHYSIOLOGY; POACEAE; SEASON; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; WEANING;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; HORSES; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; POACEAE; SEASONS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; WEANING;

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS;

EID: 27144476490     PISSN: 00480169     EISSN: 11760710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00480169.2005.36568     Document Type: Article

References (31)

1. Adam CL, Kyle CE, Young P. Growth and reproductive development of red deer calves (Cervus elaphus) born out-of-season. Animal Production 55, 265-270, 1992
2. Adam CL, Findlay PA, Kyle CE, Young P. Effect of restricted nutrition on timing of puberty in female Soay sheep. Journal of Reproduction and Fertility 112, 31-37, 1998
3. Anonymous. National Climate Database — Manawatu/Rangitikei Region 2003. National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research, Wellington, New Zealand, 2003
4. Bagley CF, Carpenter JC, Feazel JI, Hembry FG, Huffman DC, Koonce KL. Influence of calving season and stocking rate on beef cow-calf productivity. Journal of Animal Science 64, 687-694, 1987
5. Blackwell RL, Henderson CR. Variation in fleece weight, weaning weight and birth weight of sheep under farm conditions. Journal of Animal Science 14, 831-843, 1955
6. Boulton RC, Frahm RR, Castree JW Coleman SW Genotype x environment interactions involving proportion of Brahman breeding and season of birth. II. Post-weaning growth, sexual development and reproductive performance of heifers. Journal of Animal Science 65, 48-55, 1987
7. Brown-Douglas CG, Firth EC, Parkinson TP, Fennessy PF. Onset of puberty in pasture-raised Thoroughbreds born in spring and autumn. Equine Veterinary Journal 36, 499-504, 2004
8. Cutler GB, Cassorla FG, Levine Ross J, Pescovitz OH, Barnes KM, Comite F, Feuillan PP, Laue L, Foster CM, Kenigsberg D, Caruso-Nicoletti M, Garcia HB, Uirarte M, Hench KD, Skerda MC, Long LM, Loriaux DL. Pubertal growth: physiology and pathophysiology. Recent Progress in Hormone Research 42, 443-470, 1986
9. Deveson S, Forsyth IA, Arendt J. Retardation of pubertal development by prenatal long days in goat kids born in autumn. Journal of Reproduction and Fertility 95, 629-637, 1992
10. Frape D. Eq uine Nutrition and Feeding. 2nd Edtn. Blackwell Science, London, UK, 1998
11. Gibbs PG, Potter GD, Blake RW McMullan WC. Milk production of Quarter Horse mares during 150 days of lactation. Journal of Animal Science 54, 49-69, 1982
12. Gould MB, Whiteman JV Association of certain variables with the performance of spring vs fall born lambs. Journal of Animal Science 33, 531-536, 1971
13. Grace ND, Pearce SG, Firth EC, Fennessy PF. Concentrations of macro- and micro-elements in the milk of pasture-fed Thoroughbred mares. Australian Veterinary Journal 77, 177-180, 1999
14. Grace ND, Gee EK, Firth EC, Shaw HL. Digestible energy intake, dry matter digestibility and mineral status of grazing Thoroughbred yearlings. New Zealand Veterinary Journal 50, 63-69, 2002
15. Green DA. A study of growth rate in Thoroughbred foals. British Veterinary Journal 125, 539-546, 1969
16. Hintz HF, Hintz RL, Van Vleck LD. Growth rate of Thoroughbreds: Effect of age of dam, year and month of birth, and sex of foal. Journal of Animal Science 48, 480-487, 1979
17. Holmes CW Brookes IM, Garrick DJ, MacKenzie DD, Parkinson TJ, Wilson GF. Milk Production from Pasture - Principles and Practices. Massey University, Palmerston North, NZ, 2002
18. Jelan ZA, Jeffoctt LB, Lundeheim N, Osborne M. Growth rates in Thoroughbred foals. Pferdeheilkunde 12, 291-295, 1996
19. MacCarthy D, Mitchell J. A study of growth rate in Thoroughbred foals and yearlings. Irish Journal of Agricultural Research 13, 111-117, 1974
20. Montgomery GW Davis GH. A comparison of spring and autumn calving for beef cattle production. Proceedings of the New Zealand Society of Animal Production 47, 115-118, 1987
21. Morrison DG, Feasel JI, Bagley CP, Blouin DC. Postweaning growth and reproduction of beef heifers exposed to calve at 24 or 30 months of age in spring and fall seasons. Journal of Animal Science 70, 622-630, 1992
22. Nash NG, Avery A, Dempsey W Nash G. Growth and development of young Thoroughbred horses on temperate Australian pastures. Proceedings of the 17th Equine Nutrition Physiology Symposium. Pp 196-198, 2001
23. Pagan JD, Jackson SG, Caddel S. A summary of growth rates of Thoroughbreds in Kentucky. Pferdeheilkunde 12, 285-289, 1996
24. Papachristoforou C, Koumas A, Photiou C. Seasonal effects on puberty and reproductive characteristics of female Chios sheep and Damascus goats born in autumn or in February. Small Ruminant Research 38, 9-15, 2000
25. Platt H. Growth and maturity of the equine foetus. Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine 71, 658-661, 1978
26. Rogers CW Gee EK, Faram TL. The effect of two different weaning procedures on the growth of pasture-reared Thoroughbred foals in New Zealand. New Zealand Veterinary Journal 52, 401-403, 2004
27. Rogol AD. Management of puberty in growth hormone deficient children. Endocrine Journal 43 (Supplement), S5-S11, 1996
28. Stritzke DJ, Whiteman JV Lamb growth patterns following different seasons of birth. Journal of Animal Science 55, 1002-1007, 1982
29. Tanner JM. Growth and maturation during adolescence. Nutrition Reviews 39, 43-55, 1981
30. Thompson KN. Skeletal growth rates of weanling and yearling Thoroughbred horses. Journal of Animal Science IS, 2513-2517, 1995
31. Warren LK, Lawrence LM, Griffin AS, Parker AL, Barnes TW The effect of weaning age on foal growth and bone density. Proceedings of the Fifteenth Equine Nutrition and Physiology Symposium. Pp 65-70, 1997