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Filtering by: Subject Holstein-Friesian cattle -- Feeding and feeds Academic Affiliation Animal and Rangeland Sciences Advisor Cooke, Reinaldo

Creep-feeding to stimulate metabolic imprinting in nursing beef heifers : impacts on heifer growth, reproductive, and physiological parameters

Creator:

De Meireles Reis, Maria

Abstract:

The following experiment presented herein compared growth, physiological, and reproductive responses of beef heifers with (MI) or without (CON) access to a creep-feeder, as a manner to stimulate metabolic imprinting while nursing their dams. On d 0 of the experiment, 60 Angus × Hereford heifers were ranked by initial BW...

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Masters Thesis

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pairs and their dams were maintained in an adjacent single drylot pen. From d 52 to 111, cattle from