Winterizing the Beef Cow Herd

The Cattleman;  October 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ......part of your routine management. Body condition and overall health of the herd are two areas of concern. For body condition, focus on forage availability...immunization; and ranch biosecurity. Body condition If used properly, body condition...

Forage Availability and Body Condition Affect Intake of Lupine (Lupinus...

Professional Animal Scientist;  October 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ......this study was to examine the effect of body condition and the relationship between forage availability...cattle (Bos taunts). Five cows in low body condition (LBC) and 4 in high body condition (HBC) grazed a common pasture in central...

Nutrition.

Dairy Today;  November 12, 2005 ;     562 words ......beyond the dry period for the solution. Body condition of the dry and fresh cow is highly...metabolic and transition cow problems. On a body condition scale of 1 to 5, a score of 3 to 3.5 is ideal for late-gestation cows. If body condition scores are below 3, the cow likely...

Potential for Estimation of Body Condition Scores in Dairy Cattle from...

Journal of Dairy Science;  September 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ...ABSTRACT Body condition scoring, an indirect measure of...utilizing digital images to determine body condition score (BCS) was assessed for lactating...accurately for cows across all levels of body condition. Key words: body condition scoring...

Improve Body Condition Scores To Improve Pregnancy, Weaning and Profits

The Cattleman;  September 1, 2006 ;     677 words ......line; if you need to improve the body condition scores (BCS) of your breeding-a...the cost of those improvements. Body condition and pregnancy On average, increasing a breeding-age female's body condition score (BCS) from 3 to 4 and from...

Body condition and seabird reproductive performance: a study of three...

Ecology;  October 1, 1995 ;     700+ words ...Key words: body condition; Kerguelen Island; long-lived offshore...Body reserves, measured as adult body condition, can provide information on local...relationships between food shortage, adult body condition, and reproductive effort (Monaghan...

Reproductive Output Depends on Body Condition in Spotted Turtles (Clemmys...

Copeia;  March 21, 2008 ;     700+ words ...The body condition of an animal reflects its energetic...than one that is in poor condition. Body condition in turn should be positively correlated...reproductive output increases with maternal body condition. The effect of body condition on...

Pregnancy Rates can be Increased by Feeding Oilseeds in Late Gestation

The Cattleman;  January 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ......profitability of beef cattle herds. Inadequate body condition of females, especially at calving...heifers and cows that calve in good body condition and are bred by fertile bulls have...that are in late gestation can improve body condition and ovarian function leading to higher...

Genetic parameters for body condition score and its relationship with type...

Journal of Dairy Science;  November 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ......and environmental parameters between body condition score (BCS) and 27 conformation and...position rear (-0.33). Milk production and body condition have an unfavorable genetic correlation...results show that selection for good body condition, body conformation, and optimal milk...

Correlations Among Body Condition Scores from Various Sources, Dairy Form,...

Journal of Dairy Science;  October 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ......estimate genetic correlations among body condition scores (BCS) from various sources, dairy form, and measures of cow health. Body condition score and dairy form evaluated during...disease in Denmark. Selection for higher body condition or lower dairy form with continued...

Nutrition's role in stallion fertility

DVM;  June 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ...Monitoring body condition in breeding season key to avoiding...stallion's nutritional status is body condition score (BCS), a measure of body...Stallions need to be in acceptable body condition long before the breeding season...

Invited Review: Methods to Determine Body Fat Reserves in the Dairy Cow...

Journal of Dairy Science;  January 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ......energy reserves in early lactation, body condition scoring has become an integral part...has been related to other methods of body condition scoring. Target values for the development...of added value compared with other body condition scoring systems because it is objective...

Factors related to body condition of nestling Burrowing Owls in Buffalo...

Wilson Bulletin;  December 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ......subsequent ability to survive and reproduce. Body condition has been used as a measure of health...rates (Landry 1979, Bellocq 1997) and body condition (Wellicome 2000), largely attributable...Burrowing Owls had broods in better body condition than unsupplemented pairs during the...

Body condition score with a camera.(Brief article)

Dairy Today;  September 2, 2008 ;     130 words ...Byline: Jim Dickrell, editor, Dairy Today Some day, body condition scoring might be as easy as the click of a digital...tail head depression were significant predictors of body condition score (BCS). When the full data set testing only...

Heritabilities and correlations among body condition score, dairy form and...

Journal of Dairy Science;  June 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ......were to estimate the heritability of body condition score (BCS) with data that could be...dairy form and selected type traits. Body condition score and linear type trait records...lactations were included in the analyses. Body condition score had a genetic correlation with...