Document Type
Report
Report Number
90-9
Publication Date
1990
Keywords
beef cattle, milk production
Summary
Interrelationships among milk production, cow-calf feed efficiency and other biological traits were evaluated on first-calf females and their calves. Production efficiency was defined as cumulative feed metabolizable energy consumed by the dam-calf pair during the year divided by calf weaning weight. Results indicated that increased levels of milk production were associated with improved production efficiency to weaning as long as calves have the genetic potential to convert the extra milk into body weight gains. However, the incremental improvement in efficiency per unit of increased milk was less for each additional unit of milk.
Number of Pages
4
Format
application/pdf
Language
en
Publisher
South Dakota State University
Rights
Copyright © 1989 South Dakota State University
Recommended Citation
Freking, B.A. and Marshall, D.M., "Interrelationships of Heifer Milk Production and Other Biological Traits with Production Efficiency to Weaning" (1990). South Dakota Beef Report, 1990. 9.
https://openprairie.sdstate.edu/sd_beefreport_1990/9