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A note on the seasonal effect on the growth rate of Hereford cross Friesian male calves

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 September 2010

D. Jobst  and
P. D. P. Wood
D. Jobst
Affiliation:
Milk Marketing Board, Thames Ditton, Surrey
P. D. P. Wood
Affiliation:
Milk Marketing Board, Thames Ditton, Surrey
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In reporting on the Charolais importation of 1962, Edwards et al. (1966) noted different average growth rates of calves born at different times of the year: spring born calves for instance were slowest at 1·67 lb/day and autumn born calves fastest at 1–80 lb/day. The Beef Recording Association (1967) has also reported that growth rates for castrated males in commercial intensive cereal feeding beef lots consistently reflected seasonal effects on growth. In both cases the data were derived under conditions which did not permit detailed investigation of seasonal changes in the growth curve.

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Research Article
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Animal Production , Volume 10 , Issue 4 , November 1968 , pp. 491 - 493
Copyright
Copyright © British Society of Animal Science 1968

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Beef Recording Association 1967. Intensive Cereal Beef Production Technical Report No. 5.Google Scholar
Edwards, J., Jobst, D., Hodges, J., Leyburn, M., O'Connor, L. K., MacDonald, A., Smith, G. F. and Wood, P. 1966. The Charolais Report. Milk Mktg Bd.Google Scholar