Effect of sires' expected progeny difference for scrotal circumference and juvenile ADG on the puberty of crossbred beef heifers

JPR Barroso, MV de Castro Ferraz Junior… - Tropical Animal Health …, 2023 - Springer
The early attainment of puberty in heifers is essential for the profitability of the cow-calf farm.
This study aimed to evaluate the impact of juvenile average daily gain (ADG) and sire's …

Calving probability in the first and second reproductive years of beef heifers that reached the recommended body weight at first breeding season

RF Pacheco, J Restle, IL Brondani… - Revista Brasileira de …, 2020 - SciELO Brasil
The objective was to evaluate factors that influence calving probability in the first and second
reproductive years of beef heifers that reached the minimum recommended body weight …

Management of dairy heifers in Uruguay: Effects of feeding level and social environment on prepubertal development

C Fiol, A Mendoza - Agrociencia Uruguay, 2024 - mail.revista.asocolderma.org.co
Management practices during the rearing of dairy heifers should allow an adequate body
growth and reproductive development to attain puberty several months before the first …

Metabolic and reproductive characteristics of replacement beef heifers subjected to an early-weaning regimen involving high-concentrate feeding

AL Zezeski, VL McCracken, RK Poole, A Al Naib… - animal, 2017 - cambridge.org
In an effort to better understand the consequences of early weaning (EW) for replacement
beef heifers, a two-phase experiment was conducted investigating the impact on metabolic …

[PDF][PDF] Physiology of puberty in females: A review

SKI Vasantha, SSR Kona - International Journal of Veterinary …, 2016 - veterinarypaper.com
Age at puberty is one of the significant traits that influence production of the animal and
thereby profitability to the farmer. Pubertal onset with initiation of normal estrous cycles …

Age at puberty and reproductive characteristics of F1 holstein x Gyr crossbred heifers with divergent phenotypes for residual feed intake

AP Fonseca, BRC Alves, MM Campos… - Arquivo Brasileiro de …, 2020 - SciELO Brasil
RESUMO A relação da eficiência nutricional com a idade eo peso à puberdade e as
características reprodutivas foram estudadas em 35 novilhas F1 Holandês x Gir, em ensaios …

[PDF][PDF] Heifer development: Same challenges–more options

JB Hall, JB Glaze - … : Applied Reproductive Strategies in Beef Cattle …, 2015 - beefrepro.org
Producing the next generation of females for the beef herd is one of the most important and
costly enterprises for cow/calf operations. The physiological events that need to occur for …

Replacement Heifer (Bos taurus) Development in a Limited-Resource Beef Cow-Calf System

R Fernandez - 2022 - search.proquest.com
A 3-year study was conducted on 25 black Angus-cross beef heifers to evaluate potential
factors affecting heifer development in a limited-resource operation. Heifer development is …

Idade à puberdade e características reprodutivas de novilhas mestiças F1 Holandês x Gir com fenótipos divergentes para consumo alimentar residual

AP Fonseca, BRC Alves, MM Campos… - Arquivo Brasileiro de …, 2020 - SciELO Brasil
RESUMO A relação da eficiência nutricional com a idade eo peso à puberdade e as
características reprodutivas foram estudadas em 35 novilhas F1 Holandês x Gir, em ensaios …

Effect of growth and carcass traits on likelihood of early pregnancy in Nellore heifers raised at intensive nutritional plan

RG Paula, JT Zervoudakis, FG Silva - Acta Scientiarum. Animal …, 2022 - SciELO Brasil
This study evaluated the influence of the quantitative traits measured by real-time ultrasound
(adjusted longissimus muscle area [AdjLMA], adjusted rump fat thickness [AdjRFT], and …