Predicting male dairy calf live weight for use in calf management decision support

The growing awareness and scrutiny of the management of young dairy calves, especially male calves, necessitates a support tool to aid in the planning of resource allocation on dairy farms. There is a desire among some vendors for a minimum calf weight when purchasing young dairy bull calves. Hence,...

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Main Authors: F.L. Dunne, M.M. Kelleher, B. Horan, R.D. Evans, D.P. Berry
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2021-09-01
Series:JDS Communications
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666910221000776