Among farm variation in heifer BW gains

Animal

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 1884-1887

  Bond, G B ^a,b   Von Keyserlingk, M A G ^a   Chapinal, N ^a   Pajor, E A ^b   Weary, D M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

dairy calf; growth trajectory; heifer management; welfare assessment

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; BOVINE; BREEDING; CANADA; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PHYSIOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WEANING; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; BREEDING; CANADA; CATTLE; FEMALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WEANING; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 84944740425     PISSN: 17517311     EISSN: 1751732X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S175173111500097X     Document Type: Article

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