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A note on the seasonal effect on the growth rate of Hereford cross Friesian male calves
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 02 September 2010
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In reporting on the Charolais importation of 1962, Edwards et al. (1966) noted different average growth rates of calves born at different times of the year: spring born calves for instance were slowest at 1·67 lb/day and autumn born calves fastest at 1–80 lb/day. The Beef Recording Association (1967) has also reported that growth rates for castrated males in commercial intensive cereal feeding beef lots consistently reflected seasonal effects on growth. In both cases the data were derived under conditions which did not permit detailed investigation of seasonal changes in the growth curve.
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