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Impact of age at first calving on performance traits in Irish beef herds

Reducing age at first calving (AFC) has been a challenge in beef herds. There is anecdotal evidence that herd owners choose to calve heifers older because of the perceived consequences of calving heifers at 24 mo of age compared to 36 mo on performance traits in beef herds. The objective of this stu...

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Autores principales: Twomey, Alan J, Cromie, Andrew R
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9907750/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36617256
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jas/skad008