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Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station Research Reports
1996; Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station contribution; no. 96-334-S; Report of progress (Kansas State University. Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service); 756; Beef; Cows; Milking; Suckling; Calf presence; Anestrus
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Calf Presence And Milking Twice Daily Prolongs Postpartum Anestrus, G.C. Lamb, L.M. Lynch, Jeffrey S. Stevenson
Calf Presence And Milking Twice Daily Prolongs Postpartum Anestrus, G.C. Lamb, L.M. Lynch, Jeffrey S. Stevenson
Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station Research Reports
Four treatments were initiated approximately 15 days after calving: 1) calf was weaned permanently from its dam (CW; n=6); 2) calf was present continuously with its dam (CPO; n=5); 3) calf was weaned permanently from its dam + dam was milked twice daily (CWM; n=6); 4) calf was present continuously with its dam but contact with the udder was prohibited + dam was milked twice daily (CRM; n=5). During the 4-week treatment period, cows in the CRM treatment produced about twice as much milk, milk fat, milk protein, milk lactose, and milk solids-not-fat (SNF) than CWM cows. After completion of …