ANS 1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Estrous Cycle, Antibody, Colostrum
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How do we breed heifers/cows, option 1. In the case of beef cattle, let calves feed off mom for about 200 days: weight about 200 kg, weight of weaning is about 200kg, where does out herd come from, go to? (ch2, ch25, seedstock breeders. Going to be producing improved genetic bloodlines: maybe registered, certain breed society going to keep track of sire/dam, ect, cow-calf operation. All of the calves are destined for human consumption. Give rise oppspring that are going to be destined for future fattening. Going to go off to yearing/stocker op: yearling/stocker operation. Do(cid:374)"t (cid:374)eed to be raised o(cid:374) (cid:373)o(cid:373)s (cid:373)ilk. By the end of the year, feedlot: feeder/feed lot. Going to give them a diet of an increased energy content: when they were eating wheat stubble, they weren"t eating their maxium potential. Plane of nutrition: minimum amount for matinance, grow at normal biological level.
