The influence of breed of calf on the milk production of beef cows

A.M. Nicol

Lincoln College, Canterbury

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Proceedings of the New Zealand Society of Animal Production. 1976, 36: 93-98

With reference to the 135-day solids-corrected milk yields of 20 beef cows in two consecutive years in which they were randomly allocated to two bull groups, it is shown that those cows suckling Friesian x Angus calves produced 82 kg or 9.5% more milk than those suckling calves sired by an Angus bull. This difference could be due to the difference between the two groups of calves in terms of their suckling behaviour and to a possible in utero effect. There was no difference between the two groups of calves in the regression of calf gain on milk production. For each additional 100 litre of milk, calf gain increased by 5.6 kg.

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