Reduced fertility prolongs the interval from calving to conception in dairy cows, resulting in significant economic losses to dairy farms. Up to 25% of cows are culled due to reproductive failure, and ...
AMARILLO – Fertility in dairy cattle is normally considered a result of multiple environmental factors, but more recently, scientists have determined there may be a greater genetic connection than ...
Reduced fertility prolongs the interval from calving to conception in dairy cows, resulting in significant economic losses to dairy farms. Up to 25% of cows are culled due to reproductive failure, and ...
Improving fertility in cows involves leveraging genetic selection and advanced genomic tools to enhance reproductive performance. But genetic potential is only half the battle. Environment is the ...
AMARILLO -- Genetic selection in dairy cattle long has been used to help improve milk production and other traits that make dairy cattle more efficient, but attention to fertility hasn't been a big ...
Many different factors interact to impact the postpartum anestrous period in beef cows. This post-calving period of temporary infertility can't be avoided, but through an understanding of the systems ...
“The breeding soundness exam tells us the bull can get it done today,” said veterinarian Brad White, noting that fertility ...
It turns out that stress disrupts the sex life -- in cattle. A researcher recently hired by Oregon State University says cows that are stressed out by holding pens often have decreased fertility rates ...
“Selling more calves as it relates to cows exposed and cow input costs is a greater indication of business success than any other production parameter,” says Gerald Stokka, North Dakota State ...
Significant emphasis has been placed on the importance of fertility in the female, whether in the cow or a developing heifer. When we address fertility in one female, we are affecting one offspring.
The American Simmental Association launched the whole herd reporting system called, Total Herd Enrollment, in April 1999. Twenty years later, THE remains at the center of thorough data reporting to ...