Document Type
Report
Publication Date
1982
Summary
Previous work at this station has established a need for predictors of cow efficiency available at weaning or yearling ages. While the weaning weight of a cow's calf has relatively high accuracy in predicting the efficiency of the dam (60 to 70%), the weaning weight of the cow has only a 1% accuracy. This study was undertaken to determine if levels of circulating growth hormone measurable at young ages would provide a useful means of predicting cow efficiency and other measures of cow performance.
Number of Pages
3
Type
text
Format
application/pdf
Language
en
Publisher
South Dakota State University
Recommended Citation
Lingscheit, T. W. and Dinkel, C. A., "Growth Hormone as a Predictor of Future Performance in Beef Females" (1982). South Dakota Cow-Calf Field Day Proceedings, 1982. 8.
https://openprairie.sdstate.edu/sd_cow-calf_1982/8