The influence of plane of nutrition immediately post-calving on
the performance of beef cows
A.M. Nicol
Lincoln College, Canterbury
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Proceedings of the New Zealand Society of Animal Production. 1977, 37: 103-108
The results of three experiments on the nutrition of the beef
cow immediately post-calving are presented. Trial I compared a low plane
of nutrition (Body weight loss) for 40 days post-calving compared with a
control group (weight gain) using two- and three-year-old cows. Low
plane cows produced 10% less milk and were seven days later to first
service than control cows but there was no significant difference in the
weaning weights of the calves. Low plane calves grazed for longer. Trial
II which was repeated over two years examined the effects of low plane
for 22 days post-calving and detected no significant effect on any of
the parameters measured.
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